Oral history interview with Chanan Akavia

Identifier
irn503110
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.271
  • RG-50.120.0271
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503110

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Chanan Akavia in Israel on January 11, 1996. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in May 31, 1996, as an accretion to the original collection of Israel Documentation Project interviews received by transfer in February 1995.

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

Restrictions on access. Interview is viewable onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum only.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. Interview cannot be used in publication without the consent of the interviewee or his/her heirs.

People

  • Akavia, Chanan, 1927-
  • Chanan Akavia

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Zionists.
  • Katowice (Poland)
  • Sighetu Marmatiei (Romania)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
  • Israel--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Siemianowice Slaskie (Poland)
  • Forced labor.
  • Hanging.
  • Tuberculosis.
  • Weapons industry.
  • Jews--Romania--Sighetu Marmatiei.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Hannover (Germany)
  • Romania--History--1914-1944.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Malmö (Sweden)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Cannibalism.
  • Tel Aviv (Israel)
  • Jewish councils--Romania--Sighetu Marmatiei.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
  • Jewish ghettos--Romania--Sighetu Marmatiei.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Lower Saxony (Germany)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.

Genre

  • Oral History
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