Irma Maurer memoirs
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Irma Maurer
Biographical History
Irma Maurer and her family were forced to live in the Rīga Ghetto in 1941. After liberation, they stayed in Latvia through the 1980s. Irma immigrated to Israel in 1990 where she eventually settled.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Paul Maurer
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Paul Maurer, grandson of Irma Maurer.
Scope and Content
Consists of one handwritten memoir, stapled and bound by a red cover with each entry dated 1985, telling the story of her family, childhood, and adulthood, ending with her family’s arrival at the Riga ghetto in 1941.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
People
- Maurer, Irma.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia--Riga--Personal narratives.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Rīga (Latvia)
- Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Rīga.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
- Memoirs.
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