Oral history interview with Mendel Herskovitz

Identifier
irn502587
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0159.8
  • RG-50.472.0008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502587

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • David P. Boder

Biographical History

David P. Boder conducted the interview with Mendel Herskovitz on July 31, 1946, at the ORT training school in Paris, France. He recorded the interview in German and Yiddish and later transcribed it into English. Bernard Wolf served as translator. 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

  • Herskovitz, Mendel.
  • Rumkowski, Mordecai Hayim.
  • Mendel Herskovitz
  • Boder, David P. (David Pablo), 1886-1961.
  • David P. Boder

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Thematic Apperception Test.
  • Fur trade--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Germany.
  • Czestochowa (Poland)
  • Concentration camp guards--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Locksmiths--Poland--Łódź.
  • Industries--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust survivors--France--Interviews.
  • France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
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