Handbook
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Helen Albert, the great-niece of Bernard and Herman Jezower and the daughter of Oscar and Doba Dreszner Albert.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Albert
Scope and Content
This book, published in 1950 by Henry Holt and Company, was bought by Oscar Albert, the donor's father, in 1951. According to the donor, her father learned at age 15 to be a metal worker in five different concentration camps working for Heinkel and Messerschmitt building Luftwaffe planes for the Nazis. He came to the United States, used those skills learned in slave labor factories and levereged them to obtain positions in factories in America. He eventually rose to be an executive manager in a large national corporation engaged in manufacturing.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials