Book of poetry
Creator(s)
- Rita Hilton
Biographical History
Rita Kerner Hilton was born Rita Levin on 22 July 1926 in Warsaw, Poland to Flora and Moses Levin. Her mother Flora (née Kleinert, later Flora Kerner, b. 1899) was born in Pabianice, Poland to Markus and Salomea Kleinert. Her father Moses was a businessman. Rita moved to Pabianice as a young child. After the German invasion of Poland, Rita and her family were sent to the Łódź ghetto. Rita was later deported to Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Bergen-Belsen. She and her mother immigrated to the United States in May 1946. Rita later settled in Florida.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rita Hilton
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Rita Hilton.
Scope and Content
Book of poetry written by concentration camp inmates, perhaps survivors of Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz, and compiled after the war.