Oral history interview with William Himmelfarb

Identifier
irn509137
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0125.55
  • RG-50.233.0055
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509137

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (90 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Anthony DiIorio

Biographical History

Anthony Dilorio, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ID Card Project, conducted the interview with William Himmelfarb in Bronx, NY on April 12, 1992.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • William Himmelfarb
  • Anthony DiIorio
  • Himmelfarb, William, 1927-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Winchester (England)
  • Typhoid fever.
  • Thuringia (Germany)
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Koprzywnica (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Kapos.
  • Weapons industry.
  • Quarries and quarrying.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Koprzywnica.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Road construction industry.
  • Czestochowa (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Antisemitism in education--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Koprzywnica.
  • Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans--United States.
  • Concentration camp tattoos.
  • Forced labor.
  • Leipzig (Germany)
  • Windermere (England)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.

Genre

  • Oral History
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