Oral history interview with Esther Schkurman

Identifier
irn516326
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.73.32
  • RG-50.569.0032
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516326

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (90 min.),

Biographical History

Peter Wortsman conducted the interview with Esther Schkurman on February 23, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on September 9, 2003.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Esther Schkurman
  • Schkurman, Esther, 1923-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Belarus.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Hrodna (Belarus)
  • Jewish ghettos--Belarus.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Prisoners--Abuse of.
  • Belarus--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Smuggling.
  • Jews--Poland--Hrodna.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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