I remember odyssey of a Jewish teenager in eastern Europe, 1939-1946
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
In Aug. 1994, Marcus Lecker donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Scope and Content
Describes Marcus Lecker's (b. 1923) childhood in Romania; the Soviet occupation of northern Bucovina; the German invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union; Marcus’ attempt to escape and his capture; surviving "Aktionen" undertaken by Germans and their Ukrainian collaborators; his internment in the Borshchuv ghetto; his escape from that ghetto's liquidation and survival by hiding in a forest; Marcus’ bout with typhus; his liberation and reunion with his parents; and joining, experiences in, and demobilization from the Soviet Army. Includes photocopies of photographs of Marcus and his family.
People
- Lecker, Marcus, 1923-
Subjects
- Jews--Romania.
- Typhus fever.
- Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Borshchuv.
- Romania--History--1914-1944.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Hiding places.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Ukraine.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
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