"Following in our Father's Footsteps"

Identifier
irn36347
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.261.1
Dates
1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 DVD-ROM,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alan Kastner

Alan Kastner donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 25, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of one oral history interview, 2 hours, with Martin Kastner, on DVD, entitled "Following in our Father's Footsteps." In the interview, which was conducted on September 3, 2007 by Louise Bobrow, Mr. Kastner describes his pre-war life in a small town in Romania near Sighet. In 1943, he and his family were put into a ghetto (their home was located in the ghetto area, so they were allowed to stay there.) They were later forced into a larger ghetto and in spring 1944 were taken by truck to the train station where they were deported to Auschwitz. Martin and his father, Wolf, survived the initial selection and were sent to a labor camp outside of Warsaw. He was also imprisoned in Dachau and Muhldorf. They were liberated by the American Army, who stopped a train that was taking them further into Germany. After living at the Feldafing displaced persons camp, he immigrated to the United States.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Mark Kolber

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