Oral history interview with Bernard Offen

Identifier
irn508370
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.209
  • RG-50.477.0209
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508370

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Sylvia Prozan
  • Judith Antelman
  • Nigel French
  • Joel Neuberg

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Bernard Offen on March 18, 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

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

People

  • Judith Antelman
  • Sylvia Prozan
  • Joel Neuberg
  • Nigel French
  • Offen, Bernard.
  • Mr. Bernard Offen

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Death march survivors.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Poland--Kraków.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Ex-concentration camp inmates--Return visits to concentration camp sites.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Death marches.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans--United States.
  • Concentration camp escapes--Poland.
  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.

Genre

  • Oral History
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