Oral history interview with Isaac Kurtz

Identifier
irn44092
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.177.1
  • RG-50.677.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44092

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Biographical History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in partnership with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University, produced the interview with Isaac Kurtz on June 13, 2011.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

This testimony was recorded through a joint project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Isaac Kurtz
  • Kurtz, Isaac.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • High Holidays.
  • Leg--Wounds and injuries.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Cantors (Judaism)
  • Austria.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Antisemitism in education--Czechoslovakia.
  • Kapos.
  • Orthodox Judaism.
  • Theft.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Songs and music.
  • Forced labor.
  • Bar mitzvah.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Jews--Slovakia--Košice.
  • Railroad construction workers.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Canada.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Hanging--Poland.
  • Antisemitism--Czechoslovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Jewish property--Czechoslovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Czechoslovakia.
  • Košice (Slovakia)

Genre

  • Oral History
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