Oral history interview with Cipora Hurwitz

Identifier
irn503131
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.281
  • RG-50.120.0281
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503131

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Cipora Hurwitz in Israel on July 25, 1996. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in May 31, 1996, as an accretion to the original collection of Israel Documentation Project interviews received by transfer in February 1995.

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

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Cipora Hurwitz
  • Hurwitz, Cipora, 1933-2012.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Ciobiškis.
  • Kapos.
  • Hrubieszów (Poland)
  • Pieszyce (Poland)
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Death marches.
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Child concentration camp inmates.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
  • Israel.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Lithuania.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Orphanages--Poland.
  • Jewish councils--Lithuania--Ciobiškis.
  • Hiding places--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Forced labor.
  • Refugee camps--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Ciobiškis.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

Genre

  • Oral History
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