Oral history interview with Alexander Shilo
Extent and Medium
3 digital files, MP4
Biographical History
This is an interview conducted for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program, a seasonal program that enables USHMM visitors to hear Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Mr. Alexander Shilo
- Schiffman-Shilo, Alexander.
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France.
- Jews, Polish--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Issoudun (France)
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--France--Paris.
- Altruism.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Villefranche-de-Rouergue (France)
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--France.
- Paris (France)
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Hiding places--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--France.
- Mothers--Death.
- Jewish families--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral History
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