Authur Born collection

Identifier
irn524361
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.345.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524361

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arthur Born

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Arthur Born.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of documents, poems and 29 photographs concerning the experiences of Arthur Bornstein [donor], born in Oświęcim, Poland, interned in Sosnowiec ghetto in Poland and ultimately deported to Gruenberg and Kittelitztreben (sub-camps of Gross-Rosen) and Buchenwald concentration camps, where he was liberated and taken to Switzerland by the Red Cross to recuperate. Inlcuded in the collection are pre-war images of donor's family in Oświęcim, poems transcribed immediately after liberation by donor who learned them in Buchenwald, and postwar documents and images of his experiences in Switzerland.

Subjects

  • Switzerland.

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.