Oral history interview with Helēna Lobza
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Biographical History
This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak. The interview was conducted with Helēna Lobza on June 29, 2008 for the Museum's Latvia Documentation Project. The Oral History Branch received the interview in August 2007.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
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
Restrictions on access. Interview is viewable onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum only.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Helena Lobza
- Lobza, Helēna.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Latvian.
- Daugavpils (Latvia)
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Latvia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Latvian.
- Mass burials--Latvia.
- Latvia--History--1940-1991.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Latvia.
- Jewish refugees--Latvia.
- Latvia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Latvia.
- Star of David badges.
- Altruism--Latvia.
- Mass murder--Latvia.
- Hiding places--Latvia.
- Jews--Persecutions--Latvia.
- Shooting (Execution)--Latvia.
Genre
- Oral History