Oral history interview with Leon Merrick
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
- Merrick, Leon.
- Leon Merrick
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Death march survivors.
- Death marches.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Kielce (Poland)
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Czestochowa (Poland)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Jews--Poland--Łódź.
Genre
- Oral History