Oral history interview with William Eisen

Identifier
irn511772
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.338.13
  • RG-50.037.0013
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511772

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Mrs. Toby Back

Biographical History

Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with William Eisen with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, N.Y. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Eisen, William, 1920-
  • Mrs. Toby Back
  • Mr. William Eisen

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Mass murder.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews--Poland--Miechów (Miechów)
  • Miechów (Miechów, Poland)
  • Construction workers--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Zionists.
  • Tailors.
  • Scouts (Youth organization members)--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Jewish youth--Poland--Societies and clubs.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Weapons industry.
  • Jewish families--Poland.
  • Coal mines and mining.
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Typhus fever.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Miechów (Miechów)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland)
  • Death marches.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.

Genre

  • Oral History
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