Oral history interview with Alexandra Gorko

Identifier
irn508630
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.9
  • RG-50.462.0009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508630

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Eileen Steinberg

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive conducted the interview with Alexandra Gorko in Philadelphia, PA on August 19, 1985. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Gratz College on September 26, 1997.

Archival History

Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Ms. Alexandra Gorko
  • Eileen Steinberg
  • Gorko, Alexandra, 1916-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv.
  • Human experimentation in medicine--Poland.
  • Sweden.
  • Lower Saxony (Germany)
  • Prisoners--Abuse of--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jews, Ukrainian--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Pregnant women.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--Poland--Łódź.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Kyïv (Ukraine)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Nurses--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.

Genre

  • Oral History
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