"When there is life, there is hope" : Marcel Chagnac memoir

Identifier
irn517566
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.469
Dates
1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517566

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 CD-ROM,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Noam Eisen donated his uncle's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 25, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 24 pages, in French, entitled "When there is life, there is hope," by Marcel Chagnac, originally of Nancy, France. Mr. Chagnac was arrested in an attempt to escape to Switzerland in 1942 and was sent to Drancy. He was deported to Auschwitz in February 1943 and was quickly sent to the Goleszów (Poland) labor camp. He was forced to participate in a death march to Oranienburg and Ravensbrück, where he was liberated on May 1, 1945. Includes an English translation as well as a CD-ROM containing illustrations and photographs.

Genre

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