My story 50 years later

Identifier
irn504289
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0277
  • RG-10.124
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504289

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Helen Hellman

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In 1993 Helen Hellman donated a copy of her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Describes Helen Hellman's (née Bamberger, b. 1926) childhood in Würzburg, Germany; her family's emigration to Denmark in 1933 and their escape to Sweden in 1943; their experiences in Denmark and Sweden; the family's return to Denmark after World War II; Helen's marriage to Norbert Hellmann, a Holocaust survivor from Germany; the birth of their children; and their immigration to the United States 1954.

People

  • Hellman, Helen.

Subjects

  • Jews, German--Sweden.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Jews, German--Denmark.
  • Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Document
  • Memoirs.
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