Oral history interview with Polia Bisenhaus

Identifier
irn502571
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0159.2
  • RG-50.472.0002
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502571

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • David P. Boder

Biographical History

David P. Boder conducted the interview on July 29, 1946, at the ORT training school, in Paris, France. He recorded the interview with Polia Bisenhaus in Yiddish and later transcribed it into English. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview from the Library of Congress in 1998.

Archival History

Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)

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.
  • Bisenhaus, Polia.
  • David P. Boder
  • Polia Bisenhaus

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Thematic Apperception Test.
  • Roll calls.
  • Physicians--Germany.
  • Kapos--Germany.
  • Jews--Poland--Kielce.
  • Jews, Polish--France.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust--Poland.
  • Jewish refugees--France--Paris.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--France--Interviews.
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care--Germany.
  • Bombing, Aerial--Germany.
  • Türkheim (Bavaria, Germany)
  • Poland.
  • Paris (France)
  • Kielce (Poland)
  • Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
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