Oral history interview with Borys Kusne
Extent and Medium
2 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Judy Weightman
Biographical History
Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Borys Kusne on February 26, 1988 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.
Archival History
Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.
People
- Borys Kusne
- Judy Weightman
- Kusne, Borys, 1918-
Subjects
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Estonia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Estonia.
- Typhus fever.
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius.
- Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius.
- Concentration camp escapes.
- Antisemitism--Lithuania--Vilnius.
- Poland--Armed Forces.
- Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
Genre
- Oral History
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