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:
Konover, Simon and Doris, 1985 - 2015
File — Flat_file_folder 4
File
This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...
Dates:
1985 - 2015
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
Konover, Simon_2004/09/27, Oral History, September 27, 2004
File — Box 36, Box: 916
Identifier: 0014 001 001916
Scope and Contents
Topics covered in this interview include: Soliciting money for the Federation, in particular major gifts; his children’s continued sense of commitment to the Hartford community, his experience working with the Federation and various community members, opening the JCC on Saturdays, and the Endowment Fund.
Dates:
September 27, 2004
Kopman, Helen, 1996-05-28-2005
File
Identifier: 7288
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...
Dates:
1996-05-28-2005
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, April 4, 1979
File — Box 8
Scope and Contents
Three 3x3 black and white photographs. Three negatives. One 5x7 black and white photograph. All items are of Peter Korduner, Holocaust Survivor, at JHSGH interview program, with Neil Macy.
Dates:
April 4, 1979