Oral history interview with Pearl Benisch

Identifier
irn607893
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.177.11
  • RG-50.677.0011
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607893

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, MPEG-4

Creator(s)

  • Dr. Henri Lustiger Thaler

Biographical History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in partnership with the Amud Aish Memorial Museum's Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center, produced the interview with Pearl Benisch on October 29, 2013.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

This testimony was recorded through a joint project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Amud Aish Memorial Museum Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center.

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

  • Shnirer, Sarah, 1883-1935.
  • Dr. Henri Lustiger Thaler
  • Ms. Pearl Benisch
  • Benisch, Pearl.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Shofar.
  • Orthodox Judaism.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Mass murder--Poland.
  • Jewish cooking.
  • Prisoners--Abuse of--Poland.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Kosher food.
  • Authors.
  • Jews--Music.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Jews--Poland--Kraków.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Jewish children--Crimes against--Poland.
  • Jewish day schools.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Massacres--Poland.
  • Jews--Education--Poland.
  • Shooting (Execution)
  • Jews--Social life and customs.
  • Holocaust survivors--Interviews.

Genre

  • Oral History
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