Language:
English
Pages:
40 pages :
,
bound typescript; illustrated.
Year of publication:
1992
Keywords:
Reichstein, Samson.
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Reichstein, Käthe.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jewish ghettos.
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Jewish refugees.
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Operation Poland, 1938
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Translators.
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Voyages and travels.
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Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
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Hannover (Germany)
;
Ternopilʹ (Ukraine)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
Account of life and death of Samson Reichstein and his wife Kaethe. Born in Tarnopol in Galicia, Austria, they moved via Vienna and Italy to Hanover, Germany. Marriage in Germany in 1918. October 1938 expulsion from Hanover due to Polish citizenship and return to Tarnopol. Atrocities by Ukrainians. Description of life in the ghetto. His wife died in the ghetto, but he managed to escape. He survived by claiming to be German. After the defeat of Nazi Germany he was employed as an interpreter by the Russians. Arrival at an UNRRA camp in Germany. Reunion with his son.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
English
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Synopsis in file
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