My Story of Life in Italy During the Holocaust

Identifier
irn517189
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.387
Dates
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517189

Extent and Medium

folder

1

,

1 videocassette,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Liliana Briefel donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on June 23, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 15 pages, entitled "My Story of Life in Italy During the Holocaust," by Liliana Briefel, originally of Naples, Italy. The daughter of a Jewish father and a Christian-born mother, Liliana's mother and father arranged for Liliana and her siblings to be baptized as Catholics (and for their baptisms to predate1938) in order to protect them from anti-Jewish measures. In the memoir, she also describes the events surrounding the arrival of Allied troops. Also contains one videocassette of a Yom Hashoah service in which Ms. Briefel presented her story.

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.