Oral history interview with Wolf Gaister
Extent and Medium
1 sound cassette,
Creator(s)
- Dr. Robert M. Shapiro
Biographical History
Dr. Robert Moses Shapiro donated the interview with Wolf Gaister (Velvel Geister) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 25, 2016. The interview was conducted by Dr. Shapiro on October 5, 1983.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Moses Shapiro
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
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
People
- Dr. Robert M. Shapiro
- Gaister, Wolf, 1926-
- Wolf Gaister
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Shooting (Execution)
- Kapos.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
- Salt mines and mining--Poland.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Forced labor.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Synagogues.
- Belzyce (Poland)
- Death marches.
- Massacres--Poland--Belzyce.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Mass murder--Poland--Belzyce.
- Jews--Poland--Belzyce.
- Austria.
- Concentration camp escapes.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Belzyce.
- Death march survivors.
Genre
- Oral History
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