Oral history interview with Yaakov Wasserman

Identifier
irn502898
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.166
  • RG-50.120.0166
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502898

Extent and Medium

5 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Yaakov Wasserman in Israel on November 6, 1991, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

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

  • Wasserman, Yaakov, 1926-
  • Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974.
  • Yaakov Wasserman

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prokocim (Kraków, Poland)
  • Cannibalism.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Italy.
  • Forced labor.
  • Israel.
  • Sugar workers--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • Jewish police officers.
  • Upper Austria (Austria)
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Poland--Kraków.
  • Aircraft industry.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Kapos.
  • Germany.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Swoszowice (Kraków, Poland)
  • Prokocice (Poland)
  • Death march survivors.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Death marches.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.

Genre

  • Oral History
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