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Holocaust Oral History Archive

The Holocaust Oral History Archive is one of the earliest and largest collections of Holocaust testimony in the United States. Established in 1979 by Nora Levin (1916-1989), and maintained by a dedicated volunteer staff, the Archive is one of the earliest Holocaust oral history projects in the U.S. documenting a wide range of experiences during the Nazi era and Jewish life in pre-Nazi Europe. Holdings include interviews with over 900 survivors, rescuers, liberators, and other witnesses to the persecution and extermination of the Nazi era, 1933-1945. Special groupings include the testimonies of "Kindertransport" children sheltered in England, the 1985 Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, the 1991 and 1999 Rickshaw Reunions of Shanghai Survivors, and the Vilna Ghetto Fighters.

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Oral History Interview with Henrich Hofman

Interviewee: Henrich Hofman
Interviewer: Natalie Packel
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Oral History Interview with Saul Horn

Interviewee: Saul Horn
Interviewer: Ian A. Spetgang
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Oral History Interview with Gertrude Jacobs

Interviewee: Gertrude Jacobs
Interviewer: Marian Salkin
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Oral History Interview with Jerry Jacobs

Interviewee: Jerry Jacobs
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
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Oral History Interview with Andrzej W. Jurkiewicz

Interviewee: Andrzej W. Jurkiewicz
Interviewer: Nora Levin
Andrzej W. Jurkiewicz, born in Torun, Poland, discusses his Christian family; the German invasion; being a messenger for the Polish underground at eight years old; his family hiding three Jews for six months; his mother feeding hungry Jewish children who escaped the ghetto beg for food; Hungarians g...
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Oral History Interview with Henry Kahn

Interviewee: Henry Kahn
Interviewer: Harriet Richman
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Oral History Interview with Ilsa R. Katz

Interviewee: Ilsa R. Katz
Interviewer: Inge Karo
Ilsa R. Katz, born on October 10, 1921 in Venningen, Pfalz, Germany, discusses pre-war life and childhood in Nazi Germany; Kristallnacht; and immigrating to the United States in December 1938....
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Oral History Interview with Ernest Kaufman

Interviewee: Ernest Kaufman
Interviewer: Natalie Packel
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Oral History Interview with Liza Kessler

Interviewee: Liza Kessler
Interviewer: Janice Booker
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Oral History Interview with Genya Kinegal

Interviewee: Genya Kinegal
Interviewer: Sylvia Brockmon
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