Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to Hajnal Schwartz certificate
1988.1269
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Title
- Hajnal Schwartz certificate
- ID
- 1988.1269
- Date
- 1945 August 9
- Extent
- 1.0 Folder(s) comprising one item
- Language
- Romanian
- Language of Materials note
- The certificate is in Romanian with a partial translation in English.
- Mixed materials [Folder]
- Archives Box 5
- Abstract
- Collection comprises a certificate of liberation issued by Comitetul deportatiilor din Romania to Hajnal Schwartz in the German concentraton camp Bergen-Belsen on August 9, 1945.
Preferred Citation note
Hajnal Schwartz certificate – 1988.1269, Tauber Holocaust Library – JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Hajnal Schwartz was born July 10, 1925 in Satu-Mare, Romania. She lived in Cluj, where she was a seamstress. She was deported in June 1944 and was interned in the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Schleisensee, Schlozertberg and Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated on April 15, 1945.
Scope and Contents note
The Collection comprises a single document – a displaced persons indentity card, travel pass and certificate of liberation issued by Comitetul deportatiilor din Romania to Hajnal Schwartz in the German concentraton camp Bergen-Belsen on August 9, 1945. The card entitles the bearer to “receive in every way privilege and help.” The card documents Hajnal Schwartz’s internment in Auschwitz, Schleisiensee, Schlozertberg and Bergen-Belsen concentation camps from June 1, 1944 until her liberation on April 15, 1945 at Bergen Belsen.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp).
Genre(s)
- Certificates
Subject(s)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Poland — Oswiecim
- Jewish women in the Holocaust — Poland — Oswiecim
- Women concentration camp inmates — Poland — Oswiecim
- World War, 1939-1945 — Concentration camps — Liberation — Poland — Oswiecim