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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 Elizabeth J. Levy

Interviewee: Elizabeth J. Levy
Interviewer: Eileen Steinberg
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Levy

Interviewee: Joseph Levy
Interviewer: Inge Karo
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Oral History Interview with Emmi Loewenstern

Interviewee: Emmi Loewenstern
Interviewer: Fred Stamm
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Oral History Interview with Jeanette Rothschild

Interviewee: Jeanette Rothschild
Interviewer: Jerry Freimark
Jeanette Rothschild (née Fernbacher), born on September 13, 1898 in Gossmannsdorf, Germany, discusses going to school in a nunnery in Straubing, Germany; the local Jewish girls and lack of antisemitism in the school and town; her family’s successful farming business; her extended family members; her...
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Oral History Interview with Fredy K. Seidel

Interviewee: Fredy K. Seidel
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
Fredy K. Seidel, born on May 1, 1941 in Shanghai, China, discusses his family fleeing Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) in 1939; his parents' description of the war years; his earliest memories of chaos, overcrowding, and bombing; his fascination with the American military; relations with the C...
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Oral History Interview with Henry Skorr

Interviewee: Henry Skorr
Interviewer: Harriet Richman
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Oral History Interview with Piera Solender

Interviewee: Piera Solender
Interviewer: Deborah Feingold
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Oral History Interview with Jenny Isakson Sommer

Interviewee: Jenny Isakson Sommer
Interviewer: Martha Benoff
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Oral History Interview with Charlotte Sonnenberg

Interviewee: Charlotte Sonnenberg
Interviewer: Liesl J. Loeb
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Oral History Interview with Alan Spiegel

Interviewee: Alan Spiegel
Interviewer: Harvey Weiner
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