Oral history interview with Morris Pelta

Identifier
irn671438
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.31.1
  • RG-90.040.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn671438

Extent and Medium

1 sound microcassette,

Creator(s)

  • Ms. Rikki Pelta

Biographical History

Rikki Pelta donated her interview with her grandfather Morris (Moishe) Pelta to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2019.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rikki Pelta

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Morris Pelta
  • Pelta, Morris, 1926-2004.
  • Ms. Rikki Pelta

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Death march survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland--Łódź.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Death marches.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Persecutions.
  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Jewish families.

Genre

  • Oral History
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