"Guilty of Being a Jew"

Identifier
irn518667
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.28
Dates
1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518667

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Michael Zysman, with the assistance of Museum volunteer Manya Friedman, donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 3, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 56 pages, entitled "Guilty of Being a Jew," by Michael Zysman, originally of Radom, Poland. Mr. Zysman recounts the German invasion of Poland, his internment in the Glinice and Szwarlikowska ghettos, and his transfer to the Szkolna labor camp, which later became the Radom concentration camp. Mr. Zysman describes his experiences in the Radom, Vaihingen, Unteriexingen, and Dachau concentration camps. He was liberated from Mitterwald in April 1945. Includes copies of family 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.