us-005578-irn723191-irn516617
type: RecordSet
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1949-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
history: Allen Rezak was born on Aug. 10, 1916, in Sosnowiec, Poland. He was in the Polish Army with ten days left to his tour of duty when World War II broke out. He was taken prisoner by the Germans and brought to Kraków, Poland. He pretended to be German and was sent home although he was later arrested because he was in uniform and ended up in jail. His parents bribed someone, and he was released to a hospital. He was deported to Auschwitz, Mildorf, Dachau, and some other smaller war camps. He was liberated in a railroad boxcar en route from Dachau to the mountains. At Feldafing DP Camp, he became the chief of a warehouse
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
identifier: irn516617
is or was included in: us-005578-irn723191
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection consists of thirty-one photographs taken at Feldafing DP Camp in Germany after World War II.
title: Allen Rezak photograph collection