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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 Elsa Kissel

Interviewee: Elsa Kissel
Interviewer: Gloria M. Schwartz
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Oral History Interview with Rudy Klein

Interviewee: Rudy Klein
Interviewer: Hanna Silver
Rudy Klein, born on July 21, 1904 in Bonn, Germany, discusses immigrating to the United States in 1936....
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Oral History Interview with Herman Krauser

Interviewee: Herman Krauser
Interviewer: self-taped memoir
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Oral History Interview with Hardy W. Kupferberg

Interviewee: Hardy W. Kupferberg
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
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Oral History Interview with Paul Kurschner

Interviewee: Paul Kurschner
Interviewer: Ruth K. Hartz
Paul Kurschner, born on May 16, 1916 in Vienna, Austria, discusses being an active Zionist; the Betar Movement; pre and post Anschluss Austria; pre-war antisemitism; the youth underground movement; protesting Martin Niemöller's incarceration; leaving for Palestine after the Anschluss via Yugoslavia,...
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Oral History Interview with Suzanne Leibowitz

Interviewee: Suzanne Leibowitz
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
Suzanne Leibowitz (née Langer), born on May 27, 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, discusses pre-war Prague; attempts to move away from Nazi occupation; being deported to Theresienstadt in 1942; camp conditions, adaptation, and manipulation of the system; bartering family diamonds with guards and Czech...
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Oral History Interview with Judith Leifer

Interviewee: Judith Leifer
Interviewer: Elizabeth Geggel
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Oral History Interview with Klara Leizerowski

Interviewee: Klara Leizerowski
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
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Oral History Interview with Stephen Lerman

Interviewee: Stephen Lerman
Interviewer: Harriet Richman
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Levey

Interviewee: Daniel Levey
Interviewer: Patricia (Patty) Rich
Daniel Levey, born on April 24, 1925 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, discusses his Sephardic family; speaking Ladino at home; childhood memories of pre-war life; poverty; anti-Jewish animosity from Muslims; his father, a tailor, served in World War I under the Ottoman Empire; the Nazis attacking in April 1...
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