Oral history interview with Mayer Hersh

Identifier
irn510825
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1285.17
  • RG-50.149.0017
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510825

Extent and Medium

3 sound cassettes (90 min.),

Biographical History

The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Mayer Hersh from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.

Archival History

Imperial War Museum

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

  • Hersh, Mayer, 1926-
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Mayer Hersh

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Stuttgart (Germany)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Rationing.
  • Sieradz (Poland)
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Windermere (England)
  • Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Railroad construction workers.
  • Sonderkommandos.
  • Gotha (Germany)
  • Death march survivors.
  • Soldiers--Germany.
  • Concentration camps--Psychological aspects.
  • Roll calls.
  • Shooting (Execution)--Poland.
  • Concentration camp guards.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Typhoid fever.
  • Jewish children--Poland--Sieradz.
  • Jews--Poland--Sieradz.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Death marches.
  • Jewish families--Poland--Sieradz.
  • Kapos.
  • Romanies--Crimes against--Poland.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Intellectual life.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations.
  • Holocaust survivors--Great Britain.
  • Prisoners--Abuse of--Poland.

Genre

  • Oral History
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