Dr. Hans-Werner Wollenberg memoir, Berlin

Identifier

irn517177

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2007.293

Dates

1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1947

Level of Description

Item

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517177

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of William P. Amoss

Mr. William Amoss donated this memoir, which he received from a friend, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jun. 29, 2005 via Museum volunteer Adam Kahane.

Scope and Content

Consists of a typed memoir, 130 pages, marked "Property of Dr. Wollenberg, Berlin," dated 1947. The memoir describes the experiences of Dr. Hans-Werner Wollenberg, a Jewish physician who worked as a doctor while imprisoned in several concentration camps, including Drancy, Johannsdorf, Brande, Blechhammer-Ehrenforst, Faulbrück, and Langenbielau. The memoir was later published as .".und der Alptraum wurde zum Alltag" in 1992.

Genre

Document
Personal Narratives.

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