Holocaust survivors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on persons who survived the Holocaust of 1939-1945, with emphasis on their lives since 1945. Works on persons who died during the Holocaust of 1939-1945 are entered under Holocaust victims. Works consisting of personal accounts of the Jewish Holocaust are entered under Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.Found in 311 Collections and/or Records:
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
JHSGH Oral History Project, 1979-11-29-1982-05-13
File
Identifier: 7242
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from the Hartford Courant, and Jewish Ledger on how the Hartford Jewish Federation and Holocaust Memorial Committee are videotaping Holocaust survivors' experiences for preservation.
Dates:
1979-11-29-1982-05-13
Kadden Family, undated
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This document outlines the efforts of the Kadden family to get the parents and sister of Siegmund Kadden out of Germany between 1939 and 1941 with the help of Connecticut Senator John A. Danaher.
Dates:
undated
Kahn, Dr. Lothar, 1961 - 1994
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains many newspaper clippings and obituaries, detailing Professor Lothar Kahn's career at Central Connecticut State University and his many publications. Many articles focus on the honorary degree posthumously grated to Kahn by the Johann Wolfgang Goeth Univeristy of Frankfurt, Germany. Other materials include newspaper and journal articles written by Kahn, a JHSGH newsletter, fliers for ordering several of Kahn's publications, and a memorial tribute written by his friend Rabbi...
Dates:
1961 - 1994
Kahn, Margaret_2010, Oral History, May 12, 2010
File
Scope and Contents
This interview documents Margaret Kahn's experience of the Holocaust, as well as her understanding of herself as a result of the hardships of her childhood. Until Hitler rose to power, she states that she had a secure middle class upbringing in a home that did not keep kosher. Once she was forced to attend Jewish parochial schools once Jews were banned from German schools, this became an issue since it meant she had to watch what she brought for lunch. She made a friend there that helped...
Dates:
May 12, 2010
Karliner, Walter and Wallerstein, Jules (S.S Saint. Luis), 1999-06-04
File
Identifier: 7292
Scope and Contents
Jewish Ledger newspaper article by Debbie Levison (06/04/1999) recalling experiences of Walter Karliner and Jules Wallerstein as they mark the 60th anniversary of the their voyage on the SS St. Louis.
Dates:
1999-06-04
Karpe, Marietta and Dr. Richard, 1898 - 1988
File — Folder 3
Oral History
This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates:
1898 - 1988
Karpe, Marietta_1984, Oral History, February 9, 1984
Item — Box 18, Box: 324
Identifier: 324
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates:
February 9, 1984
Kassow, Sam and Lisa Pleskow, 1978 - 2016
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
File contains information on the projects undertaken by the Kassows through Trinity College and the Hillel group, including working with Ugandan (Abayudaya) Jews. Samuel is a Trinity grad, as well as the child of Holocaust survivors. Many of the articles discuss Samuel's academic work and lectures, particularly his study of Easter European/Polish/Russian Jews and his book on the Warsaw Archives, "Who Will Write Our History?".The file also contains information on Lisa Pleskow...
Dates:
1978 - 2016