Oral history interview with Rudolf Vrba

Identifier
irn510183
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-50.148.0013
Dates
1 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1972
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510183

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette, analog

Biographical History

The interview was conducted by Thames Television for the "World at War" Television Series. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Rudolf Vrba from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.

Archival History

Imperial War Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, purchased from the Imperial War Museum Collection

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.

People

  • Vrba, Rudolf.
  • Rudolf Vrba

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Concentration camp escapes--Poland.
  • Communists--Slovakia--Trnava.
  • Kapos.
  • Sonderkommandos.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Gas chambers.
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Starvation.
  • Dysentery.
  • Roll calls.
  • Trnava (Slovakia)
  • Jews--Slovakia--Bratislava.
  • Jews--Slovakia--Trnava.
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Bribery.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
  • War crime trials.
  • Theft.

Genre

  • Oral History
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