Alexander Loewinger collection

Identifier
irn517485
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.439
Dates
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517485

Extent and Medium

folder

1

3 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Alexander Loewinger donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 5, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of three DVD-ROMs containing a videotaped oral history with Alexander Loewinger, originally of Reteag, Romania. In the oral history, Mr. Loewinger discusses his childhood in Reteag, the events leading up to his deportation in 1944, and his experiences in the Dej Bungar ghetto and the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Magdeburg, and Swalber concentration camps. He also discusses his post-war experiences in Europe and in the United States. Also includes four copyprints of pre-war and wartime family photographs.

Genre

  • Document
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