Oral history interview with Leon Kowner
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Ms. Teresa A. Pollin
Biographical History
Associate Curator Teresa Pollin conducted the interview with Leon Kowner in Israel on March 29, 2005 for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Give Me Your Children: Voices from the Lodz Ghetto" exhibition.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Kowner, Leon.
- Zymler-Svantesson, Helena.
- Fogelbaum, Melania, 1911-1944.
- Leon Kowner
- Ms. Teresa A. Pollin
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
- Forced labor.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Rationing--Poland.
- Star of David badges.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Jews--Education--Poland.
- Poets--Poland--Łódź.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Illiterate persons.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Berlin (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Jews--Poland--Łódź.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Spree River (Germany)
- Death marches.
- Artists--Poland--Łódź.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Death march survivors.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Kapos.
Genre
- Oral History
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