Oral history interview with Elza Friedman and Sofie Tihel

Identifier
irn511781
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.338.22
  • RG-50.037.0022
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511781

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 Elza Friedman and Sofie Tihel with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. 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

  • Tihel, Sofie, 1911-
  • Sofie Tihel
  • Elza Friedman
  • Friedman, Elza, 1931-
  • Mrs. Toby Back

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Romania--History--1944-1989.
  • Buffalo (N.Y.)
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
  • Pogroms--Romania--Iasi.
  • Jewish families--Romania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Romania.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.
  • Romania--History--1914-1944.
  • Women chemists.
  • Bucharest (Romania)
  • Holocaust survivors--Romania.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Iasi (Romania)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Mass murder--Romania--Iasi.
  • Jews--Romania--Iasi.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.

Genre

  • Oral History
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