Oral history interview with Francis Akos
Extent and Medium
2 sound cassettes (74 min.),
Creator(s)
- Gary Covino
Biographical History
Gary Covino, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Francis Akos on September 23, 1998.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
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
People
- Mr. Francis Akos
- Akos, Francis, 1922-
- Gary Covino
Corporate Bodies
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- Neuengamme (Concentration camp)
- Cap Arcona (Ship)
Subjects
- Jewish musicians--Hungary.
- Shipwrecks.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews.
- Holocaust survivors--Religious life.
- Jews--Persecutions--Hungary.
- Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Faith (Judaism)
- Concertmasters.
- Concentration camp inmates as musicians.
- Violinists.
- Jewish refugees--Hungary.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Berlin (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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