Oral history interview with William Schiff

Identifier
irn506622
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0112.31
  • RG-50.045.0031
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506622

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Alan Griffin
  • James Pennebaker

Biographical History

James Pennebaker and Alan Griffin of the Dallas Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies conducted the interview with William Schiff on October 22, 1991. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tapes of the interview from the Dallas Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies on July 10, 1992. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the interview by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

Dallas Holocaust Museum, Center for Education and Tolerance

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Schiff, William.
  • Alan Griffin
  • James Pennebaker
  • William Schiff

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Emigration and immigration--United States.
  • Displaced persons.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Medical ethics--Moral and ethical aspects.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • Forced labor.
  • Confiscations.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Personal narratives.
  • Poland--History--Soviet occupation, 1939-1941.
  • Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Escapes.

Genre

  • Oral History
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