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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 Cherie Goren

Interviewee: Cherie Goren
Interviewer: Meta Joy Jacoby
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Oral History Interview with Alexandra Gorko

Interviewee: Alexandra Gorko
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
Alexandra Gorko, nee Paley, was born in Kiev, Russia in 1916. In this follow-up interview she briefly describes conditions in Bergen-Belsen: clothing, food, and her work in an ammunition factory. She reflects on the issue of resistance and her decision to disobey Mengele’s order to inject pregnant w...
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Oral History Interview with Anatole Gorko

Interviewee: Anatole Gorko
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
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Oral History Interview with Murray Granger

Interviewee: Murray Granger
Interviewer: Philip G. Solomon
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Oral History Interview with Lola Graudens

Interviewee: Lola Graudens
Interviewer: Natalie Packel
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Oral History Interview with Carla T. Greis

Interviewee: Carla T. Greis
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
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Oral History Interview with William F. Greis

Interviewee: William F. Greis
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
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Oral History Interview with Al Gross

Interviewee: Al Gross
Interviewer: Philip G. Solomon
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Oral History Interview with Elaine Gross

Interviewee: Elaine Gross
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
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Oral History Interview with Ernest T. Gross

Interviewee: Ernest T. Gross
Interviewer: Joan Sadoff
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