Allerhand and Wohlfeiler families papers

Identifier
irn566622
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.467.1
  • 2017.145
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn566622

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander and Karin Allerhand.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Alexander and Karin Allerhand.

Scope and Content

Contains a written testimony by engineer Henryk Yeheskiel Wohlfiler (donor's paternal uncle), describing the process of building the Płaszów concentration camp (dated October 1945 in Kraków, Poland); and a letter written by Dr. Alexander Allerhand (donor's late husband) to Ms. Ewa Koper of the Bełżec Museum, answering her questions related to Dr. Allerhand's deportation and subsequent escape from the transport from Wieliczka to Bełżec in August 1942.

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