Oral history interview with Helen Meisels
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Biographical History
The Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois (now Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center) conducted the interview with Helen Meisels on June 12, 1991. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tape of the interview from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois on October 16, 1992.
Archival History
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Helen Meisels
- Meisels, Helen.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Personal narratives.
- Emigration and immigration--United States.
- Forced labor.
- Displaced person.
- Essen (Germany)
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Chmielnik (Województwo Swietokrzyskie)
- Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)
- Chmielnik (Kielce, Poland)
- Jewish families--Poland--Chmielnik.
- False certification--Poland.
- Displaced persons camps.
Genre
- Oral History
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