Harry Blas Narrative

Title:

Harry Blas Narrative

Creator (Personal):

Blas, Harry, 1924-2003

Description:

A short personal narrative by Harry Blas chronicling his young adulthood under German occupation in Lodz, Poland, his imprisonment in Auschwitz and eventual liberation, his search for missing family members in Europe after the war, his marriage to Erika in 1951 and their immigration to the United States in 1952.

Collection Title:

Harry Blas and Erika Stockfleth Blas Papers, circa 1910-circa 1980

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Blas, Harry, 1924-2003
Blas, Erika

Topical Subject:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Concentration camps -- Germany, Jewish ghettos -- Poland -- Lodz -- History, Jews -- Poland -- Lodz -- History, Jews -- United States -- Cultural assimilation, Immigrants -- United States -- History, and Jews – Genealogy

Language:

English

Date Digital:

2007-08

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Harry Blas

Access Information:

For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.

Admin ID:

51343