Oral history interview with Jurek Kestenberg

Identifier
irn502590
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0159.9
  • RG-50.472.0009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502590

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • David P. Boder

Biographical History

David P. Boder conducted the interview with Jurek Kestenberg on July 31, 1946, at Chateau de Boucicaut near Paris, France. He recorded the interview in Yiddish and later transcribed it into English. Bernard Wolf served as translator. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview from the Library of Congress in 1998.

Archival History

Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)

Acquisition

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

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Jurek Kestenberg
  • Boder, David P. (David Pablo), 1886-1961.
  • Kestenberg, Jurek.
  • Eisenberg, Kalman.
  • David P. Boder

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--France--Interviews.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Escapes--Poland.
  • Bunkers (Fortification)--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Ukrainians--Poland--Lublin.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Jewish refugees--France.
  • Concentration camp guards--Ukraine.
  • France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Thematic Apperception Test.
  • Jewish physicians--Poland--Lublin.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Concentration camp guards--Germany.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Hiding places--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Gas chambers--Poland--Lublin.
  • Singing.
  • Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Roll calls--Poland--Lublin.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland)
  • Children's songs--Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Songs and music
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