Oral history interview with Shony Braun

Identifier
irn505561
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0447.7
  • RG-50.042.0007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505561

Extent and Medium

3 film reels, color ; 16 mm

5 sound tape reels, analog, mono ; 7 in.

2 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bradley

Biographical History

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Shony Braun on March 9, 1992, in Los Angeles, Calif., in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the interview via transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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 Reproduction

Restrictions on use. The interviewee restricts the use of the interview, in all formats, to educational purposes.

People

  • Sandra Bradley
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Braun, Shony Alex.
  • Shony A. Braun

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in music.
  • Concentration camp guards--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Salt mines and mining--France.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
  • France.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Sabotage--France.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Violin music.
  • Kapos--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--Personal narratives.
  • Weapons industry--France.
  • Chest--Wounds and injuries.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Gas chambers--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Concentration camp inmates as musicians.
  • Composers.
  • Germany.
  • Violinists.

Genre

  • Oral History
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