Holocaust testimony
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 39 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
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
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
Lesser, Robert_07/09/2015, 2015
Item
Identifier: 23618
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:
2015