"From Flossenbürg to Freedom" and "The Backer/Bächer Families: Settling in New Lands"

Identifier
irn518480
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.300
Dates
1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Czech
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Ivan Backer

Ivan Backer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 30, 2006. He is Mr. Kubáček's nephew.

Scope and Content

Consists of a written account, in Czech and translated into English, entitled "From Flossenbürg to Freedom", written by Boleslav Kubáček, originally of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). Mr. Kubáček, a Catholic married to a Jewish woman who had converted to Catholicism, was arrested in October 1944 for his participation in the resistance movement and was deported to Flossenbürg in January 1945. From Flossenbürg, he was sent to Plattling, and on April 24, 1945, was sent on a death march, and was liberated in Lohnstamf, Germany on May 4, 1945. Also includes a copy of "The Backer/Bächer Families: Settling in New Lands", which describes the wartime and post-war experiences of the Backer family, originally of Kacov, Czechoslovakia.

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.