Oral history interview with Esther Blatt

Identifier
irn505814
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0586.31
  • RG-50.407.0031
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505814

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Raie Goodwach

Biographical History

Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre conducted the interview on February 27, 1996, in Melbourne, Australia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired the tape of the interview in July 1996.

Archival History

Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre (Melbourne, Vic.)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Blatt, Esther, 1930-
  • Raie Goodwach
  • Esther Blatt

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Oradea (Romania)
  • Jews--Romania--Oradea.
  • Jewish cooking.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Yom Kippur.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Starvation.
  • Star of David badges.
  • Orthodox Judaism.
  • Nightmares.
  • Jews--Social life and customs.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.
  • Jewish property--Romania.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jewish families--Romania--Oradea.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--Australia--Interviews.
  • Head shaving--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Faith (Judaism)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • Child concentration camp inmates.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Rtyně v Podkrkonoší (Czech Republic)
  • Rome (Italy)
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Australia--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

  • Oral History
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