Oral history interview with Harry Alexander

Identifier
irn505558
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0447.4
  • RG-50.042.0004
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505558

Extent and Medium

4 film reels, color ; 16 mm

6 sound tape reels, analog, mono ; 7 in.

2 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bradley

Biographical History

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Harry Alexander on February 11, 1992, in Larchmont, N.Y., in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the interview via transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

  • Alexander, Harry, 1921-
  • Sandra Bradley
  • Mr. Harry Alexander

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
  • Construction workers.
  • Concentration camp guards--Sexual behavior.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Algeria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Sexual harassment.
  • Prisons--France--Marseille.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Male friendship.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Leipzig.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Leipzig.
  • Jewish refugees--Italy--Milan.
  • Jewish refugees--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Leipzig--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Hiding places--France.
  • Forced labor--Algeria.
  • Courage.
  • San Remo (Italy)
  • Sahara.
  • Milan (Italy)
  • Marseille (France)
  • Leipzig (Germany)
  • Antibes (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain.
  • Torture.
  • Escapes--France.

Genre

  • Oral History
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