Joe Gelber collection

Identifier
irn504251
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0252
  • RG-02.153
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504251

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

  • Joe Gelber

Biographical History

Joe Gelber (née Kozuch, Chenstochov, Poland - 01 Jul 1985, Florida) immigrated to the United States in March 1947.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dorothy Sandberg, daughter of Joe Gelber donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

Describes the German occupation of Poland; the creation of and conditions in the Czestochowa ghetto; his separation from his wife and other family members; the HASAG forced labor camp at Czestochowa; deportations to and conditions in Buchenwald and Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora-Mittelbau); Gelber's liberation by Seymour Zipper; his reunion with his wife and other surviving family members and their experiences at the Feldafing displaced persons camp; and Gelber's emigration to the United States. Also includes an original letter and copy of a photograph, both by Seymour Zipper, relating to Joe Gelber's condition when found at Nordhausen.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Joe Gelber

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
  • Jews--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Czestochowa (Poland)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Czestochowa.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Genre

  • Document
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