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Holocaust survivors

 Subject

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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:

Okolica, Henry_1977/5/20, Oral History, 1977 - 1977

 Item — Box 9, Box: unknown container
Identifier: 162
Scope and Contents

Subjects covered during interview include: Growing up Jewish in Germany, America, Jewish Life in New York, Racism Holocaust, Family, Mother, Involvment with Jewish Youth

Dates: 1977 - 1977
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1977

Okolica, Rabbi Henry_1977/5/20, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: okolica, rabbi henry_1977 transcript
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Oral Holocaust Projects

 Sub-Series
Identifier: 7318
Scope and Contents

Testomonies and projects relating to the Holocaust.

Dates: 1937-2008
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Survivors

Ostfeld, Bernard, 1979-1990

 File
Identifier: 7273
Scope and Contents Mutiple newspaper clippings from 1979-1990 from; Bloomfield Journal and the Hartford Courant on the Holocaust experience of Bernard Ostfeld. Three photocopies of some of these newspaper clippings. Original interview notes from Gloria Bein in 1985. Comments by Rabbi Singer creating a course and how Bernarnd Ostfeld thought of the course. Photocopy of Bernard Ostfeld ID card in Rome when hidding in the Vatican. Two photo negatives from an interview with Bernard Ostfeld, and 14 made up photos...
Dates: 1979-1990
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Survivors / Connecticut Survivors

Parker, Ralph, undated

 File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Content Note From the File:

Vertical reference files for individuals.

Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: Man - P

Parker, Ralph_11/23/2014, 2014

 Item
Identifier: 23617
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...
Dates: 2014
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Oral History Project: Holocaust Survivor Interviews 2014-2016

Patron, Rachel, 1981-05-12

 File
Identifier: 7272
Scope and Contents

Hartford Courant newspaper clipping (03/12/1981) written by Rachel Patron herself recalling childhood memory after WWII had ended.

Dates: 1981-05-12
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Survivors / Connecticut Survivors

Post, Florence

 Digital Record
Identifier: post, florence_1975.pdf
Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Post, Florence, undated

 File
Identifier: 7271
Scope and Contents From the Series: The files in the "Survivors series" contain witness accounts from survivors of the Holocaust/WWII that are located in Connecticut, the United States, and overseas. These accounts are mostly found in newspaper clippings from various presses like; the Jewish Ledger, the Hartford Courant, and The New York Times. Some of these accounts are briefly written in a biography/letter format. An account by Bronia Hacker (international) gives her account on escaping a concentration camp with the help of...
Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Survivors / National/International Survivors

Post, Florence, undated

 File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents

subjects of interview include: growing up Jewish in Lithuania pre-world war II; anti-semitism in Lithuania; World War II; the Kovno Ghetto; the Holocaust; attempt to escape the Kovno Ghetto; hiding with a farm family; failure of US forces to adequately halt Holocaust in final days of war; immigration to United States; lingering anti-semitism in America at low level but still dangerous.



Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: Man - P

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