Oral history interview with Irene Shapiro

Identifier
irn509207
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0125.125
  • RG-50.233.0125
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509207

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 Irene Shapiro in Scarsdale, N.Y., on March 27, 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

  • Mrs. Irene Shapiro
  • Anthony DiIorio
  • Shapiro, Irene, 1925-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Bialystok.
  • Zasole (Oświęcim, Poland)
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Zionists.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Berezhany.
  • Translators.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Bialystok.
  • Berezhany (Ukraine)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Bialystok (Poland)
  • Propaganda, Soviet.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland--Bialystok.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Jews--Poland--Bialystok.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral History
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