"My Life: 1920-1943"

Identifier
irn516063
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.633
Dates
1 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1987
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Jansen Chazanof donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 11, 2004. He found it in the home of his late mother.

Scope and Content

Consists of the one manuscript, entitled "My Life: 1920-1943," by Margot Pogorzelski Hodge, originally of Freystadt, Germany. The eldest of five children, she describes her life in Freystadt, her memories of Nazi persecution, dropping out of school to work to support her family after her father's death in 1933, and her immigration to England in 1939 to work as a nurse.

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.