Oral history interview with Piera Bassi
Extent and Medium
6 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Piera Bassi in Israel on February 1, 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
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Piera Bassi
- Bassi, Piera, 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- Jews--Italy--Ferrara.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Italy.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Italy--Personal narratives.
- Refugee camps--Italy.
- Synagogues--Italy--Rome.
- Italy--Ethnic relations.
- Jewish women in the Holocaust.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Fascism--Italy.
- Jews--Segregation--Italy.
- Ferrara (Italy)
- Jews--Identity.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Italy.
- Zionists.
- Hiding places--Italy.
- Teachers--Italy.
- Rome (Italy)
- Jewish fascists--Italy.
- Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
- Italy--History--1922-1945.
- ‘Atlit (Israel)
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Italy.
- Passing (Identity)--Italy.
- Youth--Italy--Societies and clubs.
Genre
- Oral History