Dora Apsan collection

Identifier
irn516917
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.166.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Dora grew up in the small town of Sighet in Northern Romania between the two World Wars. In May 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz along with most of the town's 10,000 Jewish inhabitants. She survived the ordeal, but her parents, two of her brothers, and some 40 members of her extended family perished in the gas chambers. Dora returned to Sighet, married her high-school sweetheart, built a career, and raised a family before emigrating to the West to be with her surviving brothers.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Sorell

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

The Dora Apsan collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dora Apsan Sorell.

Scope and Content

The diary was written by Dora Apsan immediately following her liberation from Weisswasser, an I.G. Farben forced labor factory. In the diary, Dora recounts her family's final days in the ghetto in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației), Romania; their deportation and arrival in Auschwitz; and her liberation.

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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.