Oral history interview with Nellie Cesana

Identifier
irn508383
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.222
  • RG-50.477.0222
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508383

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Nellie Cesana on February 18, 1994. 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

  • Cesana, Nellie, 1935-
  • Nellie Cesana

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • California.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Wroclaw (Poland)
  • Passing (identity)
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Personal narratives.
  • Mothers and daughters.
  • Farms--Germany.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Jewish families--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany)
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Nurses--Israel.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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