World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 492 Collections and/or Records:
Konover, Simon_1985,Oral History, April 25, 1985
Item — Box 19, Box: 346
Identifier: 346
Scope and Contents
Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...
Dates:
April 25, 1985
Koopman, Georgette & Richard (Fox-Auerbach), circa 1942-2004
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
This file contains a list of Hartford women organizing to sell war bonds sent to Mrs. Koopman from Rae Neditz. Undated, but presumably refering to World War II.
The file also contains obituaries for Richard & Georgette Koopman.
Dates:
circa 1942-2004
Korduner, 1971-1994, bulk: 1979 - 1979
File — Flat_file_folder 4
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...
Dates:
1971-1994; Majority of material found in 1979 - 1979
Korduner, Peter_1979/4/4, Oral History, April 4, 1979
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 200
Scope and Contents
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
Dates:
April 4, 1979
Kotler, Alvin, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
Materials include: Xerox copy of typed oral transcript; handwritten note by Gloria Bein; Printed copy of Kotler's accunt of surviving the Hartford Cirucs Fire; release form; black-and-white copy of newspaper article summarizing Kotler's account; black-and-white copy of newspaper article about Kotler teaching creative writing; black and white copy of Bristol Press article about Kotler teaching an ESL class; black and white copy of photo of wedding, "Emanuel Syn. 1951 Greenfield...
Dates:
undated