us-005578-irn521345
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Zygmunt Gemel was born on 28 April 1916 in Zalesice, Poland to Franciszek and Marianna Gemel. His family was Roman Catholic, and he had six siblings. During World War II, he was arrested on political charges in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna) in spring 1944 and then transferred to the Dora-Mittelbau subcamp of Buchenwald. Zygmunt survived the war and remained in Poland.
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1944-01-01
has end date: 1944-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had identifier: 2
has or had some members with language: pol
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 3
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn521345
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The papers consist of a note written by political prisoner Zygmunt Gemel to his father Franciszek Gemel and thrown from a train while Zygmunt was being deported to Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna) in 1944, and a subsequent letter Zygmunt to his father from the camp dated 23 April 1944.
title: Zygmunt Gemel papers