Finding Aid of the Hayim's Holocaust Narrative collection 2019.013.h.r
Tiana Taliep
Oskar Schindler Archives
10/9/2019
Contributing Institution:
Oskar Schindler Archives
Title: Hayim's Holocaust Narrative collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2019.013.h.r
Physical Description:
1 Item
1 folder
6 sheets of paper
Date (inclusive): 1946-1954
Language of Material:
English
.
This six-page narrative is the description of someone's experience of the Holocaust. This item was found in a book from a
used book sale. The author or original owner of the pages is unknown. In addition, the author's given name is unidentified;
he renames himself Hayim. The narrative is written as historical fiction. The author of the description wrote two dates on
the pages, April 13, 1946, and November 7, 1954; it is unknown which day is accurate.
Hayim is a child, but the author does not disclose his age. The narrative begins with him lying in a mass grave with his
father, who is dying. Hayim flees the grave alive and escapes to the nearby woods. Following, Hayim understands that he must
keep his Jewish religion a secret, but he is struggling with his identity and how to move forward. He comes across a man in
a uniform who embraced Hayim as his father did. When Hayim meets this man, it seems he is at peace, and he falls asleep. Once
he awakens, he is in Israel. He closes his narrative that he shall never cry again, and he will be able to live up to his
name Hayim.
There is one item in this collection.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material exvept where previously opyrighted material is concerned. It is the
reponsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item title/description; Box number/ Folder number] Hayim's Holocaust Narrative collection (2019.013.h.r), Oskar Schindler
Arhive, Chapman University, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Holocaust survivors -- History -- 20th Century
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Israel
Children's literature -- History
Folk Literature.