Oral history interview with Leo Korona

Identifier
irn565973
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.349
  • RG-50.462.0349
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn565973

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Helen Pearlman

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.

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

  • Korona, Leo, 1908-
  • Leo Korona
  • Helen Pearlman

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Refugee camps.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Jews--Poland--Katowice.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Wodzislaw (Poland)
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Typhus fever.
  • Escapes.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Bombing, Aerial--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Fur workers.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Hiding places.
  • Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • Jews--Germany--Hamburg.
  • Katowice (Poland)
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Death marches.

Genre

  • Oral History
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