Oral history interview with Rita Weiss

Identifier
irn502900
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.167
  • RG-50.120.0167
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502900

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Rita Weiss in Israel on April 13, 1993, 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

  • Rita Weiss
  • Weiss, Rita, 1926-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Vienna (Austria)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • Jews--Romania--Transylvania.
  • Munich (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Romania--History--1914-1944.
  • Antisemitism--Romania.
  • Feldafing (Germany)
  • Childbirth.
  • Crematoriums.
  • Jewish ghettos--Romania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Kretinga (Lithuania)
  • Bergen (Celle, Germany)
  • Kapos.
  • Salzburg (Austria)
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Blockälteste.
  • Klaipeda (Lithuania)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • Transylvania (Romania)
  • Bombing, Aerial--Lithuania--Klaipeda.
  • Hungarians--Romania--Transylvania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Reparations.
  • Prostitution.
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Romania.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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