"Harry's Life"

Identifier
irn518283
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.138
Dates
1 Jan 1926 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518283

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Denise Goodman donated this collection related to her father's experiences to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 30, 2006. Mr. Goodman's story is donated to the Museum on the occasion of his eightieth birthday celebration, May 18, 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of one binder of documents and photocopies, entitled "Harry's Life," regarding the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Harry Goodman (born Heinz Gutmann in 1926), originally of Munich, Germany. In the memoir enclosed in the binder, Harry recounts memories of his childhood in Germany, of leaving his family and immigrating to the United States alone in 1938, of joining the United States Army and being sent back to Europe, and of his post-war life. Mr. Goodman discovered after the war that his parents and sister had been deported to Riga, Latvia, in 1941 and had perished in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania.

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.