United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
folder 1
Testimony. Photocopy of manuscript in German, with a 62 page translation into English, with a postscript. The original manuscript was titled"Aufzeichnungen ueber mein Leben im Kamp durch 2 Jahre, fuer meine Kinder" and was written by Viennese-born Ricke Papanek, who was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. The manuscript was written in diary form about author's time in Theresienstadt, looking back on life in the Netherlands and events of deportation, to liberation and return to Holland. English translation contains a note by the translator, her niece Erna Winter, who provides a brief bio of her aunt.
Ricke Papanek testimony