Holocaust testimony

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This file contains an article about Gisela Adamski recieving an honorary high school degree at Hartford Public High and an oral history release form.

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...

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This collection contains a wide range of documents spanning all aspects of the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center (Mandell JCC). Notable topics include programs, adult education, senior adults, and cultural arts. The collection also includes a significant amount of photographs which document the activities of the JCC.

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Folder contains an oral history transcript.

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The begining of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of a child. Written by Margaret A. McQuillan about her fathers (Walter H. Less) recollections.

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Newspaper article is about Marcelle Bock's story as a child in hiding during the Holocaust. Also includes the story of another woman - Renee Fritz

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Newspaper clipping from the Jewish Ledger discussing Ms. Clemen's invovlement as a speaker at the Rabbi Leon Wind Religious School of Temple Beth Sholom in Manchester, CT. She spoke about her experience moving to Holland, then being deported to labor camps and eventually Bergen-Belsen. She went to the same synagogue as Anne Frank's family.

Scope and Contents Donation (Poet); Business card; Photocopies of passport (German?); Magazine articles in German(?); Newspaper articles about experiences as a young adult of the Holocaust; List of individuals (possibly their escape point and destination); Request for information from former residents; Newspaper article about her trip to Austria for healing; Literary magazine of poems inspired by the Holocaust (some written by her grandniece); Acquisitions list and explanation sheet; Postcard from labor camp...

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Oral history transcript is extremely lengthy (multiple days of interview) Covers life in Europe at the beginning of the Holocaust, life in a ghetto, transportation to a concentration camp, life there, and struggles following the war