Oral history interview with Paula S. Biren
Extent and Medium
11 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Joan Ringelheim
Biographical History
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Paula S. Biren (b. Pawa Sara Szmajer) in Oakdale, VA, on November 17, 2005.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Carole and Maurice Berk.
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
- Biren, Paula S., 1922-
- Joan Ringelheim
- Paula S. Biren
Corporate Bodies
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Soviet Union. Sovetskaia Armiia
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Antisemitism--Poland--Łódź.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Jews--Poland--Łódź.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
- Catholics--Poland--Łódź.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Poland--Ethnic relations.
- Escapes.
- Death marches.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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