Memories of a generation

Identifier
irn504286
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0225
  • RG-10.120
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504286

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In 1994, Eugenia Goldberg, Michael Goldberg's wife, gave the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a copy of Michael's memoir.

Scope and Content

The memoir describes Michael Goldberg's (1916-1993) childhood in Polan, Polish and Soviet antisemitism before the Holocaust; his interest in Zionism, the German occupation of western Poland and the Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, his activities while serving in the Soviet military, the end of World War II, his return to Poland, the death of his first wife, his second marriage, and Goldberg's immigration to the United States in 1961.

Corporate Bodies

  • Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Pinsk (Belarus)
  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Zionism.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

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.