Allen Rezak photograph collection

Identifier
irn516617
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.49
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516617

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Allen Rezak

Biographical History

Allen Rezak was born on Aug. 10, 1916, in Sosnowiec, Poland. He was in the Polish Army with ten days left to his tour of duty when World War II broke out. He was taken prisoner by the Germans and brought to Kraków, Poland. He pretended to be German and was sent home although he was later arrested because he was in uniform and ended up in jail. His parents bribed someone, and he was released to a hospital. He was deported to Auschwitz, Mildorf, Dachau, and some other smaller war camps. He was liberated in a railroad boxcar en route from Dachau to the mountains. At Feldafing DP Camp, he became the chief of a warehouse

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Allen Rezak in 1997.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of thirty-one photographs taken at Feldafing DP Camp in Germany after World War II.

People

  • Rezak, Irving.
  • Allen Rezak
  • Rezak, Allen.

Subjects

  • Feldafing (Germany : Refugee camp)
  • Demonstrations--Germany--Feldafing--1940-1950.
  • Refugees--Germany--Feldafing--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Feldafing--1940-1950.
  • Zionism--Germany--Feldafing.
  • Refugee camps--Germany--Feldafing--1940-1950.
  • Emigration & immigration--Germany--Feldafind--1940-1950.

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.

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