Oral history interview with Ada Ustjanauskas

Identifier
irn36962
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.276
  • RG-50.030.0527
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36962

Extent and Medium

6 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Ina Navazelskis

Biographical History

Ina Navazelskis, Program Coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Ada Ustjanauskas in Annandale, VA on November 11, 2008. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in November 2008.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Interview funded by a grant from the Lerner Family Foundation.

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

People

  • Ms. Ada Ustjanauskas
  • Ina Navazelskis
  • Gens, Jacob, 1903-1943.
  • Ustjanauskas, Ada Gens, 1926-

Subjects

  • Smalininkai (Lithuania)
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Children of interfaith marriage.
  • Australia--Emigration and immigration.
  • Police--Lithuania--Vilnius.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • Smuggling--Lithuania.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Smalininkai.
  • Hiding places--Lithuania--Šiauliai.
  • Soviet Union--Armed Forces--Lithuania.
  • Šiauliai (Lithuania)
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
  • Munich (Germany)

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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