"A Story of Misery, Miracles, and Love"

Identifier
irn518429
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.203
Dates
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518429

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Beatrice Sarkany donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 6, 2006 with the assistance of her friend, Jennifer Vargas.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 2006, entitled "A Story of Misery, Miracles, and Love: In the words of Beatrice Sarkany," by Beatrice Sarkany, originally of Sibiu, Transylvania. In her memoir, Mrs. Sarkany describes her memories of the Hungarian occupation, of the Nagyvarad ghetto, and of her deportation to Auschwitz. After a number of months in Auschwitz, she was transferred to the Gorlitz camp in Germany, where she was liberated by the Russian Army in May 1945. 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.