Oral history interview with Irene Hizme and Rene Slotkin (Guttmann twins)

Identifier
irn60513
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.485.5
  • RG-50.718.0005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60513

Extent and Medium

4 videocassettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Stephen Stept

Biographical History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum produced the oral history interview with Irene Hizme and Rene Slotkin (Guttmann twins) in preparation for its exhibition "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race." The interview was transferred to the USHMM Oral History Branch from the Museum's Institutional Archives in April 2013.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

People

  • Slotkin, Rene, 1937-
  • Stephen Stept
  • Irene Hizme
  • Hizme, Irene, 1937-
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Rene Slotkin

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Fublaines (France)
  • Human experimentation in medicine.
  • Košice (Slovakia)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czechoslovakia.
  • Child concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Holocaust survivors--Psychology.
  • Roll calls--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Concentration camp guards--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish orphans--Poland.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Orphanages--Slovakia--Košice.
  • Jews--Czech Republic--Teplice.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • National socialism and medicine.
  • Twins.
  • Jews--Czechoslovakia.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Orphanages--France--Fublaines.
  • Teplice (Czech Republic)
  • Mass murder--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Concentration camp tattoos--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • National socialism and science.

Genre

  • Oral History
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