Oral history interview with Joseph Schein

Identifier
irn508340
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.179
  • RG-50.477.0179
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508340

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Joseph Schein on February 15, 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

People

  • Schein, Joseph.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Jewish families--Poland.
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Forced labor--Germany.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Sosnowiec (Wojewodztwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Human experimentation in medicine--Poland.
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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