Oral history interview with Henny Gurko

Identifier
irn511052
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1269.7
  • RG-50.470.0007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511052

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bradley

Biographical History

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Henny Gurko on February 13, 1995 in preparation for the exhibition "Liberation 1945," which opened in June 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a copy of the interview on August 25, 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

  • Gurko, Henny.
  • Henny Gurko
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
  • Sandra Bradley
  • Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Panevėžys (Lithuania)
  • Fürstenfeldbruck (Germany)
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius.
  • Eresing (Germany)
  • Jewish refugees--Germany.
  • Death marches.
  • Death march survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
  • Jewish musicians.
  • Jews--Music.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.

Genre

  • Oral History
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