Sam and Susan Gasson papers

Identifier
irn516859
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.151
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516859

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Susan Gasson
  • Sam Gasson

Biographical History

Susan Gasson (1926-2015) was born Susan Elefant on 20 December 1926 in Sighet (Sighetu Marmației, Romania) to Josef Eugen and Frida Szok. In May 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She was transferred in October 1944 as a forced-laborer to work camps in Nuremberg and Mehltheuer.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sam Gasson

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Sam and Susan Gasson in 1998.

Scope and Content

The papers relate to Sam and Susan Gasson's experiences as displaced persons after World War II and their immigration to the United States in 1948.

People

  • Susan Gasson
  • Gasson, Susan.
  • Sam Gasson
  • Gasson, Sam.

Corporate Bodies

  • Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Ex-concentration camp inmates.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.

Genre

  • Identification cards.
  • Document
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.