"The Hill"

Identifier
irn517855
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.22
Dates
1 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1966
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Yuval Lirov donated this manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 18, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of the English translation of one short story, entitled "The Hill," by Antanas Jonynas, originally written in 1966. This manuscript tells the story of the last hours of a Jewish doctor, Dr. Schmidt, who was killed with his family in the Kupre Forest outside of Kraziai, Lithuania, on August 8, 1941 by the citizens of Kraziai, some of whom were his patients. The doctor had just finished treating a patient, Joseph Martinkus, who later told the story to Mr. Jonynas. The translation was completed by Yuval Lirov, Dr. Schmidt's great-nephew; Mr. Lirov's mother, Dr. Schmidt's niece, heard this story in the Kaunas ghetto in 1943.

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