Oral history interview with Aba Gefen

Identifier
irn50728
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.387
  • RG-50.120.0387
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50728

Extent and Medium

1 digital files, MPEG-4

Creator(s)

  • Nathan Beyrak

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Aba Gefen on Oct. 17, 2011.

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

  • Nathan Beyrak
  • Mr. Aba Gefen
  • Gefen, Aba.

Corporate Bodies

  • Soviet Union. People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)
  • Betar

Subjects

  • Shooting (Execution)--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Lithuania.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Simnas.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Lithuania.
  • Zionists.
  • Great Action, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
  • Revenge.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.
  • Alytus (Lithuania)
  • Altruism--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
  • Diarists.
  • Simnas (Lithuania)
  • Mass murder--Lithuania.
  • Antisemitism--Lithuania.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel.
  • Marijampolė (Lithuania)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.
  • Hiding places--Lithuania.
  • Pogroms--Lithuania.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Jewish refugees--Lithuania.

Genre

  • Oral History
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