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Post, Florence, undated

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Scope and Contents

subjects of interview include: growing up Jewish in Lithuania pre-world war II; anti-semitism in Lithuania; World War II; the Kovno Ghetto; the Holocaust; attempt to escape the Kovno Ghetto; hiding with a farm family; failure of US forces to adequately halt Holocaust in final days of war; immigration to United States; lingering anti-semitism in America at low level but still dangerous.

Scope and Contents

Contents of folder include: Envelope containing envelope containing 5x7 black and white phtographs of Post family in 1930s; envelope containing 3x2 and 2x2 black and white photographs of Post family; photocopy of cloth scrap containing numbers, presumably concentration camp ID; photocopies of book pages showing various aspects of Seventh Fort concentration camp, including piles of bodies; photocopy of book pages showing pictures of Kovno Ghetto; photocopy of handwritten note explaining who's who in photographs; scanned information checklist; trasncript outline; 2 copies of oral history transcript.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Jim Catler interviewed Florence Post at her home in West Hartford on April 7, 1975

Full Extent

From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Container Summary

black and white photographs photocopy of cloth scrap photocopy of book pages photocopy of handwritten note explaining photos scanned information checklist transcript outline oral history transcript (2 copies)

Repository Details

Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository

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