Oral history interview with Leon Shachnovski
Extent and Medium
1 sound cassette, analog
1 transcript,
Creator(s)
- David P. Boder
Biographical History
David P. Boder conducted the interview in Paris, France, on July 29, 1946, during the ORT convention of displaced persons. Boder recorded the interview with Shachnovski in Russian and later transcribed the interview into English. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview from the Library of Congress in 1998.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Library of Congress
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
People
- Boder, David P. (David Pablo), 1886-1961.
- Khichenko, Michail Vasilievich.
- Shachnovski, Leon.
- David P. Boder
- Leon Shachnovski
Corporate Bodies
- Stutthof (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Augsburg Messerschmitt (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
- Refugees.
- Massacres--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Mass murder--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Great Action, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941.
- Forced labor.
- Executions and executioners--Lithuania--Kaunas.
- Construction industry--Germany--Dachau.
- Sztutowo (Poland)
- Paris (France)
- Munich (Germany)
- Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
- Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Kaunas (Lithuania)
- Dachau (Germany)
Genre
- Oral History
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