"The execution of capo Beim"

Identifier
irn504119
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0199
  • RG-02.108
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504119

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Nathan Gutman

Biographical History

Nathan Gutman (b.1927 ) was born to a Jewish family in Katowice, Poland. During the Holocaust he was interned in the Krakow-Plaszow, Mauthausen and St. Valentin camps. After World War II he immigrated to Israel where he volunteered for the Israeli Navy. In 1963 he came to the United States to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degree at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Written in 1986, the Museum received copies in Feb. 1991.

Scope and Content

The memoir, "The execution of capo Beim," describes Nathan Gutman's experiences during the Nazi occupation of Poland; his internment in Krakow-Płaszów; and his relationship with a kapo in that camp before the Nazis put the kapo to death.

People

  • Nathan Gutman
  • Gutman, Nathan.

Corporate Bodies

  • Płaszów (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Kapos.

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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