Oral history interview with Adela Sommer

Identifier
irn505487
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0088.26
  • RG-50.002.0026
Dates
1 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1983
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505487

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sidney Langer

Biographical History

The interview was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along with other interviews between 1993 - 1997 by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean College (now Kean University).

Archival History

The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

People

  • Adela Sommer
  • Sommer, Adela, 1923-
  • Sidney Langer

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)

Subjects

  • Ulm (Germany)
  • Jews, Polish--New Jersey--Elizabeth.
  • Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Tovste (Ternopil's'ka oblast')
  • Hunger strikes--Austria.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Elizabeth (N.J.)
  • Jews, Polish--Germany--Ulm.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Personal narratives.
  • Knitters (Persons)
  • Bookkeepers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Tovste (Ternopil's'ka oblast', Ukraine)
  • Jewish refugees--Poland.
  • Mass murder--Ukraine--Tovste (Ternopil's'ka oblast')
  • Refugee camps--Austria--Ebensee.
  • Lysivtsi (Ukraine)
  • Refugee camps--Germany--Ulm.
  • Priests.
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Refugee camps--Germany--Waldram.
  • Holovchyntsi (Ternopil's'ka oblast', Ukraine)
  • Antisemitism.
  • Typhus fever.
  • Waldram (Germany)
  • Jews--Ukraine--Tovste (Ternopil's'ka oblast')
  • Ebensee (Austria)

Genre

  • Oral History
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