Dana I. Alvi memoir

Identifier
irn504117
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0139
  • RG-02.105
Dates
1 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 1990
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504117

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Dana I. Alvi

Biographical History

Dana I. Alvi (nee Danuta Iza Bronska) was born on 22 Nov 1932, in Warsaw, Poland

Archival History

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California

Acquisition

The untitled memoir was written by Dana I. Alvi on 26 Jan. 1990 for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California. Photocopy provided by the author to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

Relates to Dana Alvi's experiences as a child in Warsaw, Poland during World War II; her family's involvement in protecting and hiding Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto; the activities of her uncle, Wladyslaw Wisniewski, in helping Warsaw's Jewish population; the events of the Warsaw Uprising; the Soviet occupation of Warsaw; postwar internment in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany.

People

  • Wisniewski, Wladyslaw.
  • Alvi, Dana I.

Corporate Bodies

  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Simon Wiesenthal Center

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California

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