Oral history interview with Leon Shachnovski

Identifier
irn502569
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0159.1
  • RG-50.472.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502569

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette, analog

1 transcript,

Creator(s)

  • David P. Boder

Biographical History

David P. Boder conducted the interview in Paris, France, on July 29, 1946, during the ORT convention of displaced persons. Boder recorded the interview with Shachnovski in Russian and later transcribed the interview into English. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview from the Library of Congress in 1998.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Library of Congress

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Leon Shachnovski
  • Boder, David P. (David Pablo), 1886-1961.
  • Shachnovski, Leon.
  • David P. Boder
  • Khichenko, Michail Vasilievich.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Construction industry--Germany--Dachau.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)
  • Munich (Germany)
  • Great Action, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941.
  • Massacres--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Forced labor.
  • Executions and executioners--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Refugees.
  • Sztutowo (Poland)
  • Dachau (Germany)
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Paris (France)
  • Mass murder--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
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