Michael Kishel memoir
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Michael Kishel
Biographical History
Michael Kishel, an author and survivor of several camps including Auschwitz, was born in Kaluszyn (Kalushin), Poland.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Mr. Kishel's account of his own Holocaust experiences was written in 1982, and typed in 1983; this donation includes the original typescript. Susan Bachrach of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum I.D. Project sent the memoir to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Oct. 1992 and Mr. Kishel signed a donor agreement on 8 Nov. 1992.
Scope and Content
Contains information about Michael Kichel's (Meilech Kisielnicki) escape from deportations in Kałuszyn (Kalushin), Poland; his life in hiding in Warsaw, Poland; his escape from a deportation from the Warsaw ghetto; his internment in Majdanek and subsequent internment at Auschwitz-Birkenau; his experiences working in the Birkenau camp; his transport to the Lagischa camp near Sosnowiec, Poland; his stay at the Bunawerke (I. G. Farben complex); and his participation in a death march.
People
- Michael Kishel
- Kishel, Michael.
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Gestapo
- Majdanek (Concentration camp)
- Lagischa (Concentration camp)
- IG Farben (Firm)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Monowitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Escapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
- Kałuszyn (Warsaw, Poland)
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jews--Poland.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kaluszyn.
- Death marches.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.