War Criminals

Scope and Contents M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...

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Mutiple newspaper clippings from the Hartford Courant and Jewish Ledger, about Nazi war criminals and trials.

Scope and Contents Hartford Courant newspaper clipping by Robin Stansbury (5-28/1996) featuring story of Helen Kopman of Manchester and her perspectives on the relation of Bosnian war crimes trials to the Nuremberg Trials. Another Hartford Courant newspaper clipping by Frances Grandy Taylor (7/03/2004), about how Helen Kopman's children created the " Helen Kopman Holocaust Education Fund." Booklet titled "From Warsaw to Manchester: Talking with Helen Kopman" written by Susan Barlow, Manchester Historical...

Interview Topics include pre-war Soviet Ukraine, experience during the holocaust, resistance to the Germans, testifying at a war crimes tribunal, and immigration to the United States. Korduner took his surname from his wife. Korduner talks a bit about his family and how he thinks the holocaust ought to be taught to children. Scope and Contents Publicity materials for 1979 interview: newspaper clippings, flyer. Newspaper clipping publicizing 50th...

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Subjects covered during interview include: "Holocaust Remembrence Meeting", Growing up Jewish in Russia, Education WWII, German invasion, Ghettos, Escape to Poland, Pogroms, testifies at post-war trial retrospect, future generations, Q&A

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This collection contains the records, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and other materials which document the functions and activities of the Jewish Historical Society. The bulk of the collection covers the 1990s to the present. Much of the collection relates JHSGH's programs, exhibits, tours, and other projects.