"Around the World in Ten Years"

Identifier
irn515353
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.245
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515353

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Stephen A. Parnes donated his uncle's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on July 14, 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of a memoir, 68 pages, entitled "Around the World in Ten Years," written by Dr. Frank J. Parnes. Dr. Parnes describes his experiences escaping Vienna and working as a physician in internment camps in Belgium and France. Upon his return to Belgium, he made and sold cigarettes but was arrested and deported to the Malines concentration camp, where he worked as a physician until his liberation in 1944. He emigrated to the United States and lived in New York City until his death in 1996.

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.