Liberation 1945 oral history collection

Identifier
irn502012
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interviews in Feb. 1995 in preparation for the exhibition, "Liberation 1945." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the interviews from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition Department on Aug. 25,1995.

Scope and Content

Contains oral history interviews with 25 Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators recorded in preparation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's exhibition, "Liberation 1945," which opened in June 1995. The collection includes interviews with: Boleslaw Brodecki, Sonia Brodecki, Jim Cacioppo, Helen Fagin, Suzanne Foldes, Nesse Godin, Henny Gurko, Irving Heymont, John Holmes, Joseph Kahoe, Henry Kanner, Abraham Klausner, John Komski, Pat Lynch, William McWorkman, James Moncrief, Judah Nadich, George Salton, Richard Seibel, Milton Shurr, Alfred Sundquist, Fella Warshau, Nick White, and Alan Zimm

Genre

  • Collection
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