Oral history interview with Elazar Shafrir

Identifier
irn503193
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1272.309
  • RG-50.120.0309
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503193

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Elazar Shafrir in Israel on November 15, 1996. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview on December 3, 1997, 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

  • Elazar Shafrir
  • Göth, Amon, 1908-1946.
  • Shafrir, Elazar.

Corporate Bodies

  • Płaszów (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Zionists.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • Revenge.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children.
  • Prisoners of war--Hungary.
  • Prisoners of war--France.
  • Jews--Poland--Kraków.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Human smuggling--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
  • Hanging.
  • Gunshot wounds.
  • Concentration camps--Psychological aspects.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Altruism.
  • Escapes.
  • Prešov (Slovakia)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Piwniczna (Poland)
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Košice (Slovakia)
  • Israel.
  • Edirne (Turkey)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Balatonboglár (Hungary)
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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