George Wierzbicki Memoir, 1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Gen Ms Coll/Wierzbicki
Bib ID:
4078264 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Wierzbicki, George, 1920-
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
90 pages (90 pages)
Language(s):
French .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Memoirs of Wierzbicki. The carbon copy typescript "Vous qui entrez ici laissez toute esperance" was edited and translated into French by Marthe Bernard. It deals with the writer's arrest in Warsaw by the Gestapo, and his experiences in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Memoir: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Memoir Accessioned 1954.

Memoir Processed 03/--/82.

Revision Description

2020-05-19 PDF removed. jg

Biographical sketch

Member of the Polish resistance movement during World War II.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Prisons -- Poland CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID