Dear Kurt

Identifier
irn504351
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0284
  • RG-02.195
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504351

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ruth Ilan-Porath donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Research Institute in 1994.

Scope and Content

Describes a German family's life before, during, and after the Holocaust; author's childhood in Germany; anti-Jewish discrimination; relocation to France and subsequently within France; the family's internment in the camps of Limoges, Nexon, Gurs, and Drancy; hiding under assumed identities; and the fates of family members.

People

  • Ilan-Porath, Ruth, 1924-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Mézières (Ardennes, France)
  • Poitiers (France)
  • Nantes (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
  • Jews, German--France.
  • Limoges (France)
  • Antisemitism.
  • Jewish families.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Jews--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--Biography.

Genre

  • Document
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