Oral history interview with Leo Kohut

Identifier
irn512354
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.469
  • RG-50.477.0469
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512354

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Leo Kohut on January 14, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2002.

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

  • Kohut, Leo.
  • Wetzler, Afred, 1918-1988.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish youth--Slovakia--Societies and clubs.
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Slovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  • Jews--Slovak--Bratislava.
  • Passing (identity)--Slovakia--20th century.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Jewish families--Czechoslovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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