Displaced Persons (DP Camps)

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

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Article discusses the experiences of Israel and Paula Kaminsky in a labor camp in Siberia during World War II, their time in a DP camp, and their arrival in the United States, settling in New Britain, CT.

Scope and Contents This file contains two biographical essays describing Edith and Harry Kinas' Holocaust experiences as told by their daughter Barbara Sperber. One centers on her mother's experiences while the other focuses on her father.The accounts detail how Edith and Harry met after escaping the ghetto and going into hiding together. They fell in love and got married even though Harry was 11 years older than Edith. Harry may also have been a part of the resistance efforts, sneaking...

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

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.