Oral history interview with Lillian Wishnefsky

Identifier
irn508699
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.74
  • RG-50.462.0074
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508699

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (60 min.),

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive conducted the interview with Lillian Wishnefsky in Philadelphia, Pa., on December 10, 1986. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Gratz College on September 30, 1999.

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

  • Lillian K. Wishnefsky
  • Wishnefsky, Lillian Kupferberg, 1929-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Denmark.
  • Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Death marches.
  • Srodula (Sosnowiec, Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Fürstenberg (Germany)
  • Diarists.
  • Farms--Denmark.
  • Forced labor.
  • Gas chambers.
  • Jews--Education--Poland.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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