Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the unpublished autobiography of Frank Stiffel, "Franek: Prewar, War and Postwar," beginning with his childhood and concluding with his arrival in the United States.
Dates
- 1946-1999
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by Frank Stiffel and his heirs for materials authored or otherwise produced by Frank Stiffel. On November 12, 2024, copyright passes to Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frank Stiffel, 1999.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers consist of the unpublished autobiography of Frank Stiffel, "Franek: Prewar, War and Postwar," beginning with his childhood and concluding with his arrival in the United States.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Stiffel was born in Boryslav, Poland in 1916. He pursued medical studies in Italy, France, and Belgium before returning to Poland in 1939 to assist in student resistance movements. Following German occupation, he moved with his parents, brother, and sister-in-law to the Warsaw ghetto. The entire family was eventually deported to Treblinka, where his parents and sister-in-law were killed. He and his brother escaped to Poland, and then to Warsaw, aiding Jews in illegal immigration to Palestine. Stiffel was arrested and sent to Auschwitz. He emigrated to the United States in 1950 and is a retired counselor for the New York State Department of Labor.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Bologna (Italy)
- Boryslav (Ukraine)
- Drohobych (Ukraine)
- Holocaust survivors
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
- Jewish ghettos
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Modena (Italy)
- Poland -- Ethnic relations
- Pszczyna (Poland)
- Rome (Italy)
- Stiffel, Frank
- Stoczek Lukowski (Poland)
- Treblinka (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish
- Title
- Guide to the Frank Stiffel Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Carol King
- Date
- August 2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Location
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