Oral history interview with Simcha Rotem
Extent and Medium
15 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Biographical History
Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Simcha Rotem in Israel 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
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
- Borwicz, Michal.
- Rotem, Simhah.
- Mr. Simcha Rotem
Corporate Bodies
- Agudat ha-noʻar ha-ʻIvri "ʻAḳiva"
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
- Jewish councils--Poland--Warsaw.
- Antisemitism--Poland.
- Czerniaków (Warsaw, Poland)
- Antisemitism in education--Poland.
- Holocaust survivors--Israel--Interviews.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Hiding places--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Black market--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish youth--Poland--Societies and clubs.
- Guerrillas--Poland.
Genre
- Oral History