Survivor Accounts by Ima Shalom Spanjaard van Esso

Ima had prisoner #42646 in Auschwitz. She was vocal about her experiences of persecution and experimentation, and as a service to her, they can be found at the following:

Published:

Lang, Hans-Joachim. Die Frauen von Block 10. Weltbild, 2010.

Schnabel, Reimund. Macht ohne Moral. Röderbergverlag, 1957, p. 281.

Spanjaard, Ima. "Ima Spanjaard." Criminal Experiments on Human Beings, ed by Lore Shelley, Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, p. 43-61.

Spanjaard, Ima. Autobiografische schetsen von Ima Spanjaard-Van Esso. Haarlem, 2005.

 

Archival:

Correspondence between Ima Spanjaard and Lore Shelley, 1987-1992, Lore Shelley Papers 2011-003, Box 8, Folder 23, Tauber Holocaust Library and Archives of the JFCS Holocaust Center at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.

Declaration of Ima Shalom Spanjaard Van Esso, interviewer: R.C. Broek, Utrecht, April 13, 1948, n. 854, 250d: Kampen en Gevangenissen, Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam.

Spanjaard, Ima. Interview 4561. Interview by Marcella Levie. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation, September 1, 1995. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://vha.usc.edu/testimony/4561.

“Gesprekken tussen Ima Spanjaard van Esso en Anneke Durlacher,“ [Interview of Ima Spanjaard
van Esso with Annke Durlacher], n.d., Inventory # 20000843, 600 min, Joods Cultureel Kwartier, Amsterdam.

Film:

Dr. Eduard Wirths: SS Arzt in Auschwitz. Directed by Rolf Orthel. IKOR, 1975.

 

See also "A Love Letter," the Leo Smit Foundation.