Typhus fever
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sylwester B. Knap papers
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 18 (02.0487-02.0511), Folder: 02.0507 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0507
Scope and Contents
The Sylwester B. Knap papers contain an oral history transcript and a political prisoner certificate. Knap's oral history focuses on his childhood during the time World War II began in Europe which includes attempting to find refuge in Czestochowa, his experiences in the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, forced labor, mistreatment, camp selections, contracting Typhus, liberation, becoming wounded, finding his family after the war, his uncles involvement in the resistance movement, and his feelings toward talking about the war.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1939-1945; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2002
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
