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RG-02.092 Victor Gans Memoir, N.d.
USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 184
In his memoir, Victor Gans describes his life before and after the Anschluss, including
the antisemitism that he and his family experienced; Kristallnacht in 1938 and his arrest
and imprisonment in Dachau; and his and his family‘s eventual emigration to Shanghai.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Victor Gans.
Languages: English
1 folder
RG-02.093 ―Memories of the Years 1939–1945‖ by David Gerst, 1950
This memoir describes the experiences of David Gerst, a Polish Jew imprisoned in four
ghettos (among them Warsaw and Terezin), a labor camp, and Buchenwald and
Flossenbürg. Information about his liberation in May 1945 is also included.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is David Gerst.
Languages: English
1 bound volume
RG-02.095 ―Night Train to Siberia‖ by Jack and Bernice Bekier, 1968
NOTE: This is a fictionalized account, based on the survival stories of Jack and Bernice
Bekier and ghostwritten by Kathryn Clausen.
―Night Train to Siberia‖ describes Jack and Bernice Bekier‘s experiences in Russianoccupied
Poland, their deportation by train to Siberia, and their time in the Toro Ozero
labor camp.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Bernice Bekier.
Languages: English
4 folders
RG-02.096 ―Christians Revenge on the Jews‖ by Michael Bernath, N.d.
This testimony describes Michael Bernath‘s family in Hungary, his participation in the
resistance, his time in a labor camp, and his life after World War II. The testimony also
contains Bernath‘s opinions on Jewish-Christian relations and the role of Christians in the
Holocaust.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Michael Bernath.