Oral history interview with Leon Senders

Identifier
irn511538
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0095.69
  • RG-50.163.0069
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511538

Extent and Medium

3 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Gail Schwartz

Biographical History

The interview with Leon Senders was conducted on April 28, 1988 as part of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington's oral history project to document Washington, DC area survivor's experiences of the Holocaust. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the interview on May 26, 1993.

Archival History

Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Leon Senders
  • Senders, Leon, 1923-
  • Gail Schwartz

Corporate Bodies

  • World ORT Union
  • Red Army (Soviet Union)

Subjects

  • Moscow (Russia)
  • Lazdijai (Lithuania)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Washington (D.C.)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.
  • Refugee camps--Poland.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Balakhna (Nizhegorodskaia oblast', Russia)
  • Refugee camps--Czech Republic--Prague.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
  • Milan (Italy)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Guerrillas--Lithuania.
  • Siauliai (Lithuania)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Refugee camps--Austria--Vienna.
  • Jews--Migrations.
  • Salzburg (Austria)
  • Smolensk (Russia)
  • Poland.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)

Genre

  • Oral History
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