Oral history interview with Lonia Mosak

Identifier
irn506721
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0298
  • RG-50.549.02.0045
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506721

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Gary Covino

Biographical History

Gary Covino, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Lonia Mosak on June 11, 1999 in Skokie, IL.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

People

  • Lonia Mosak
  • Gary Covino
  • Mosak, Lonia, 1922-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Antisemitism.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Faith (Judaism)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
  • Concentration camp tattoos.
  • Genocide.
  • Holocaust survivors--Religious life.
  • Chicago (Ill.)
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Bialystok (Poland)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish refugees--Europe.

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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