Oral history interview with Pearl Benisch

Identifier
irn607893
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.177.11
  • RG-50.677.0011
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607893

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, MPEG-4

Creator(s)

  • Dr. Henri Lustiger Thaler

Biographical History

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in partnership with the Amud Aish Memorial Museum's Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center, produced the interview with Pearl Benisch on October 29, 2013.

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 Amud Aish Memorial Museum Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center.

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

  • Dr. Henri Lustiger Thaler
  • Ms. Pearl Benisch
  • Shnirer, Sarah, 1883-1935.
  • Benisch, Pearl.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Jewish cooking.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Prisoners--Abuse of--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • Authors.
  • Shooting (Execution)
  • Mass murder--Poland.
  • Jews--Education--Poland.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Jewish day schools.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Massacres--Poland.
  • Kosher food.
  • Orthodox Judaism.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Poland--Kraków.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Shofar.
  • Jews--Music.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children--Crimes against--Poland.
  • Jews--Social life and customs.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.

Genre

  • Oral History
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