Oral history interview with Ivan Trofimov
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Biographical History
This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak. The interview was conducted with Ivan Trofimov in Latvia for the Latvia Documentation Project on August 27, 2005. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in March 2006.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
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
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Ivan Trofimov
- Trofimov, Ivan.
Subjects
- Star of David badges.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Latvia.
- Mass burials--Latvia.
- Jews--Persecutions--Latvia.
- Latvia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia.
- Latvia.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Latvian.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia.
- Mass murder--Latvia.
- Forced labor--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Latvia.
- Starvation.
- Germany.
- Preil̦i (Latvia)
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Latvia.
- Police--Latvia.
Genre
- Oral History