Sam and Susan Gasson photographs

Identifier
irn516916
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.165.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516916

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 and Susan Gasson

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Sam and Susan Gasson in 2005.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four photographs showing images from a Polish labor camp and the DP camp in Salzburg, Austria.

People

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

Subjects

  • Police--Austria--Salzburg--1940-1950.
  • Work camps--Poland.
  • Forced labor--1940-1950.
  • Refugee camps--Austria--Salzburg--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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