Oral history interview with Ignace Speiser

Identifier
irn511108
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.37
  • RG-50.062.0037
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511108

Extent and Medium

2 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Judy Weightman

Biographical History

Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Ignace Speiser on December 20, 1987 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.

Archival History

Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.

People

  • Speiser, Ignace, 1908-
  • Ignace Speiser
  • Judy Weightman

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Concentration camps--Poland--Songs and music.
  • Honolulu (Hawaii)
  • Lübeck (Germany)
  • Concentration camp tattoos.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates as musicians.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp escapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Death marches.
  • Paris (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Gdańsk.

Genre

  • Oral History
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