Deportiert von den Nazis. 1941-1945. (ID: 33271)
Authorship or Source:
Alton-Tauber, Ruth.
Year:
1961
Title or Main Description:
Deportiert von den Nazis. 1941-1945.
Place Published or Holding Institution:
[Seattle, Wash.]
Description:
158 p.
Type of Work:
Archival memoir
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
Leo Baeck Institute Archive (New York, N.Y.). Call No.: ME 9; MM 2.
Keywords:
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Personal narratives.
- Alton-Tauber, Ruth.
- Jewish ghettos --Poland --Lodz --Registers.
- Jews, German --Poland --Lodz --Registers.
- Dresden (Germany) --Registers.
- Lódz (Poland) --Registers.
- Stutthof (Concentration camp) --Registers.
- Forced labor --Germany --Dresden --Registers.
- Forced labor --Germany --Pirna --Registers.
- Forced labor --Czech Republic --Svatava --Registers.
- Forced labor --Czech Republic --Nova Role --Registers.
- Pirna (Concentration camp) --Registers
- Neu-Rohlau (Concentration camp) --Registers.
- Zwodau (Concentration camp) --Registers.
- [Additional Geographic Keywords: Zwodau, Nová Role, Nove Role, Novë Role, Neurohlau]
Abstract:
- Ruth Alton-Tauber, née Ewer, born in 1911 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, lived with her husband Julius and son Michael in Berlin. In 1941 the family was deported to the ghetto of Lódz, where they were able to stay together until their deportation to Stutthof via Auschwitz. She survived several camps and was liberated on May 9, 1945.
- Memoir was written in Seattle, United States in 1961 and includes an account of Ruth Alton-Taubers life during the years 1941-1945. Her husband Julius was an engineer, who lost his position in 1938 and was assigned to forced labor. Memoir starts with the family's deportation from their Berlin apartment on the evening of October 27, 1941. They were taken to the synagogue in Lewetzowstrasse and from there deported to the ghetto of Lódz. Ruth's husband Julius (Ulli) was assigned to the position of the transport supervisor, which granted them a small space to themselves. Memoir includes a description of the harsh living conditions in Lódz, ravage caused by illnesses, and deaths, recollections of Chanukah celebrations and cultural activities. Ruth and her mother found work in textile factories. Aktion of the night of September 1st 1942, during which people over 65 and children under 10 years were taken away from their families for deportation. Ruth's son Michael was exempted due to her husband's fervent interventions. Also includes a description Alton-Tauber's mother's death in 1943, frequent selections for the death camps, evacuation of the ghetto in August 1944, deportation to Stutthof via Auschwitz, description of dreadful living circumstances, transport to a work camp in Dresden, recollections of the bombing on Dresden. After the destruction of the city they were transferred to the camps Pirna, Zwodau (Svatava, Czech Republic), a women camp, and Neu-Rohlau (Novë Role, Czech Republic). Death march and escape. Liberation by American soldiers in May of 1945. Reunion with her son Michael in 1946, who miraculously survived Stutthof concentration camp. Also includes a two-page abstract in English, and a three-page list of names of persons who were with her in ghetto or concentration camps.
Language and Other Notes:
- Text in English.
- Cataloging information derived from the Online Holocaust Database of the Center for Jewish History at www.holocaustresources.cjh.org.