Holocaust testimony

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This collection contains the records, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and other materials which document the functions and activities of the Jewish Historical Society. The bulk of the collection covers the 1990s to the present. Much of the collection relates JHSGH's programs, exhibits, tours, and other projects.

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...

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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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.

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This file contains information on Hans Stargardter's experience in Germany before and in the early years of the Holocaust as well as information on his sculptures. Of note are photocopies of pre-war photos and German passport.

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Folder contains: acquisition form, oral history transcript

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Excerpt from the Jewish Digest and from the book, "The Tiger Beneath the Skin" by Zvi Kolitz. This excerpt, fully entitled "The Last Thoughts of a Jew Who Died in the Warsaw Ghetto, Yossel Rackover's Appeal to God" was published by The Creative Age Press. Reprinted with permission, Houston, Texas.