Memoirs Wspomnienia
Extent and Medium
56,133 digital files, PDF
91 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka, Poland (State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau). Memoirs were contributed by former prisoners of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, written after the end of the war, and collected by the Archives at the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim. The collection is open, which means that memoirs and testimonies are still being collected. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2007. This is an ongoing project.
Scope and Content
The collection contains several hundred of memoirs, testimonies and diaries of former prisoners of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, collected over several decades after World War II. This collection provides personal insights into the experiences of prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The collection is open, memoirs and testimonies are still being collected.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. The memoirs are organized by author names and memoir title in 251 volumes.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Oświęcim--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Oświęcim.
- Poland--World War,1939-1945--Atrocities--Personal narratives.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust survivors--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
- Memoirs.
- Diaries.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka