Oral history interview with Ruth Elias

Identifier
irn502660
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.36
  • RG-50.120.0036
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502660

Extent and Medium

8 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Ruth Elias in Israel on September 4, 1991, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

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

  • Elias, Ruth, 1922-
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Ruth Elias

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel.
  • Death marches.
  • Zasole (Oświęcim, Poland)
  • Romanies.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Human experimentation in medicine.
  • Talismans.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
  • Weapons industry--Germany.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Taucha (Saxony, Germany)
  • Pregnant women.
  • Hiding places--Czechoslovakia.
  • Women concentration camp inmates--Personal narratives.
  • Malnutrition.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Intellectual life.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Infanticide--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Passing (Identity)--Poland.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.
  • Forced labor--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Czech Republic--Ostrava.
  • Women concentration camp guards.
  • Roll calls--Poland.
  • Prisoners of war--Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
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