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USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 189
RG-02.130 ―The Beginning of the End‖ by Lilly Gassner and Chaviva Guttmann, N.d.
This collection contains three memoirs entitled ―The Beginning of the End,‖ ―The Great
Forgiveness: Life‘s Martyr,‖ and ―The Twins.‖ The memoirs appear to be written by twin
sisters about their experiences in Birkenau and with Dr. Josef Mengele.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Lilly Gassner.
Languages: English
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RG-02.133 ―From the Lida Ghetto to the Bielski Partisans‖ by Liza Ettinger, 1989
In this memoir, Liza Ettinger describes her life in Lida, Poland, before the outbreak of the
war; the Soviet occupation of Poland; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union; the death of
her husband at Ponar (a.k.a. Ponary and Paneriai); her internment in the Vilnius (a.k.a.
Vilna, Wilna, Wilno) and Lida ghettos; her survival of a Selektion; her experiences as a
partisan; and the end of the war.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Liza Ettinger.
Languages: English
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RG-02.134 ―Escape from Yugoslavia‖ by Silvio Finci, 1981
In his memoir, Silvio Finci describes his family‘s experiences in Yugoslavia. In
particular, he discusses the family‘s flight from a small village near Sarajevo to the city
of Mostar, how they survived during the Nazi occupation, their escape to Italy, and how
they immigrated to a refugee camp in Fort Ontario, New York, and rebuilt their lives in
the United States.
Provenance: The author‘s granddaughter, Marilyn Ferguson, rewrote and retyped the
memoir before donating it.
Languages: English
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