Oral history interview with Shalom Eilati

Identifier
irn503317
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.351
  • RG-50.120.0351
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503317

Extent and Medium

15 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Shalom Eilati in Israel on February 14, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview on June 10, 1999, 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

  • Yelin, Haim, 1912-1944.
  • Eilati, Shalom, 1933-
  • Shalom Eilati

Corporate Bodies

  • Devintasis fortas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
  • Beriḥah (Organization)
  • World ORT Union

Subjects

  • Orphanages.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Hanging.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • Forced labor.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors' writings.
  • Human smuggling.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Zionists.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
  • Marijampolė (Lithuania)
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Devintasis Fortas Massacre, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941 (October 29)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
  • Viduklė (Lithuania)
  • Mass murder--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Massacres--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Jewish councils.
  • Munich (Germany)
  • Bar mitzvah.
  • Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Escapes.
  • Liepynai (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)

Genre

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