Oral history interview with Lucy Lavon

Identifier
irn87557
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.1719
  • RG-50.477.1719
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn87557

Extent and Medium

2 sound recording, WAV

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Lucy Lavon on November 19, 1984. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2013.

Acquisition

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

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Elkes, Elkhanan, 1879-1944.
  • Lavon, Lucy.
  • Lucy Lavon

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania.
  • Kaunas (Lithuania)
  • Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Antisemitism--Lithuania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Gdansk (Poland)
  • Forced labor--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania.
  • Jewish ghettos--Lithuania.
  • Massacres--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Great Action, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1941.
  • Jewish refugees--Sweden.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1945.
  • Death marches.
  • Kiel (Germany)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish families--Lithuania--Kaunas.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jewish councils--Lithuania--Kaunas.

Genre

  • Oral History
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Other Connected Items