Oral history interview with Sheindl Olevsky

Identifier
irn517082
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.1021
  • RG-50.477.1021
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517082

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Ruth Durling

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Sheindl Olevsky on September 23, 1993. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in November 2004.

Acquisition

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

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

People

  • Ruth Durling
  • Olevsky, Sheindl--Interviews.
  • Sheindl Olevsky

Subjects

  • Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Kyïv (Ukraine)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine.
  • Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Jewish families--Ukraine.
  • Antisemitism--Ukraine.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Pogroms--Ukraine.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
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