Language:
German
Pages:
125 pages :
,
typescript (copy).
Keywords:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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Dachau (Concentration camp)
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Antisemitism.
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Deportation.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Intellectual life Concentration camps.
;
Jews Persecutions.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Fragment of the Holocaust memoir by an unknown Jew from Vienna, Austria, containing his testimony about the events surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp.
Abstract:
Recollections of the Nazi take-over in Austria in March of 1938. Life in Nazi Austria and description frequent of attacks on Jewish people. The author was arrested in the first months after the “Anschluss” in his apartment, leaving behind his wife and child. Conditions of his arrest. Detailed account of the author’s transport to concentration camp Dachau, where they were forced to endure constant humiliations and attacks by SS troops. Detailed description of their arrival at the Dachau concentration camp. Account of the conditions and routines of the camp. Daily round up calls and hard physical labor. Frequent subjections to beatings by sadistic SS guards. Description of different classifications among inmates, from political prisoners to “asocials” and criminals. Description of different methods of torture and punishment. Recollections of various prominent members of the former Austrian government as well as a few members of the nobility, who had to endure special punishment in the camp. Description of different work groups with different dangers and difficulties. Cultural life and activities. Outbreak of the war and transport to Buchenwald concentration camp under similar duress as during the first transport. Arrival in Buchenwald and life in the camp under terrible circumstances. Scarceness of food and lacking hygienic conditions.
Note:
German
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=976956&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
