Helen Preiss collection

Identifier
irn507426
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0578
  • RG-10.174
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507426

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

8 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Abraham Preiss donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

Contains a photocopy of "Translation from Polish of a small diary written by Helen Preiss" which consists of two entries, dated May 8, 1943, and May 19, 1943, in which she describes her deportation from Sosnowiec, Poland; life in "Landschut Camp" (Landeshut concentration camp); and her transfers to Auschwitz and "Peterslager" (Peterswaldau) concentration camps. The collection also contains a "Note written by Helen Preiss in 'Ludwiksdorf' 1945" to her dead mother describing her despair when, after liberation, she discovered that her mother did not survive.

People

  • Preiss, Helen.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography.
  • Sosnowiec (Katowice, Poland)
  • Jews--Relocation--Poland--Sosnowiec.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.

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.