Ruth Herz Goldschmidt memoir

Identifier
irn500783
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0541
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500783

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Ruth H. Goldschmidt

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The memoir was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ruth Herz Goldschmidt in 1995.

Scope and Content

Testimony, typescript, two pages, circa 1990s. Describes childhood in a village in Hessen, increasing Nazi persecution, family's move to Mainz, author's journey to Belgium with other orphaned children, then to southern France after invasion of Belgium, and survival there thanks to the Red Cross.

People

  • Goldschmidt, Ruth Herz.
  • Ruth H. Goldschmidt

Subjects

  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--France.

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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