Nisha Holton collection

Identifier: irn713443
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713443

Acquisition

Nisha Holton (née Poliborska) donated her collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.

Scope and Content

Nisha Holton's audio recorded memoir of her experiences in Austria prior to the Holocaust and a hand-painted map of locations near her childhood home in Baden, Austria that she mentions in the memoir

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Hand drawn map
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521995
- English
- 1924-1939
- overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
This map was hand painted by Mrs. Gerald (Nisha) Holton née Nisha Poliborsk and shows locations in the vicinity of her childhood home in Baden, Austria. She describes these location in memoirs she taped on 11 audio cassettes describing her experience prior to the Holocaust.
Oral testimony of Nisha Holton A Jewish Girl in Nazi Austria: Growing up in a lovely small town that suddenly became Hell
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn713447
- English
- 2001
- 11 sound cassettes, 11 compact discs,
- Updated 7 months ago

Nisha Holton collection

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Hand drawn map

Oral testimony of Nisha Holton A Jewish Girl in Nazi Austria: Growing up in a lovely small town that suddenly became Hell