"Life Story of a Holocaust Survivor from Shaulen, Lithuania who Lived his Life to Help Others"

Identifier
irn518427
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.480
Dates
1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518427

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Harry Demby donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 9, 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 16 pages, titled "Life Story of a Holocaust Survivor from Shaulen, Lithuania who Lived his Life to Help Others," by Harry Demby, originally of Shaulen (Schaulen; Šiaulai), Lithuania. In the memoir, Mr. Demby describes his life in the Kaukaz (Kaukazas) and Traku St. (Trakai) sections of the ghetto in Šiaulai, his deportation to Stutthof in 1944, his liberation from Dachau, his displaced persons experiences and his post-war life. The memoir includes copies of photographs.

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.