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Elie Wiesel's Night and the Holocaust

A typescript of a personal narrative by Harry Blas, a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

A typescript of a personal narrative by Harry Blas, a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

Harry Blas shares his experience living in Łódź, Poland under German occupation and his imprisonment and liberation in Auschwitz. After the war, he searched throughout Europe for missing family members, then immigrated to the United States with his wife, Erika, in 1952.

Citation Information: Blas, Harry, “Harry Blas narrative,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/109cca757d17b544dde969c4a8f5333d.

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Courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries via South Carolina Digital Library.

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A typescript of a personal narrative by Harry Blas, a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

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