Personal Recollections of the Holocaust as Told to George Cohen

Identifier
irn504370
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0354
  • RG-02.204
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504370

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In Jan. 1994, George Cohen sent USHRIA the memoir.

Scope and Content

Memoir by an unknown Holocaust survivor from Tarnów, Poland, describes: the establishment of the Tarnów Ghetto; Aktionen/executions of Tarnów's Jews; death of the unknown survivor's family; and his deportation to Płaszów.

Corporate Bodies

  • Płaszów (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Tarnów.
  • Jews--Poland--Tarnów.
  • Deportation.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--Men authors.
  • Executions and executioners--Poland--Tarnów.

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.