Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Engel papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-011
Abstract
Photographs, correspondence, and other papers of Joe Engel, a Polish Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz from 1942 until 1945. Photographs depict Engel and other family members in pre-war Poland, as well as in Zeilsheim, a post-war German displaced persons camp. Other photographs show Engel and family members in Charleston, South Carolina, and Natanya, Israel.
Dates:
1938-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
Mike Prayzer papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-043
Abstract
The collection consists of newspaper clippings and a videotaped interview of Mike Prayzer, a Jewish native of Bendzin, Poland, who survived imprisonment in ten concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Dachau. Prayzer immigrated to the United States in 1949.
Dates:
1982-1995
Found in:
Special Collections