Oral history interview with Leon Merrick
Extent and Medium
1 digital file, WAV
Biographical History
This is an interview conducted for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program, a seasonal program that enables USHMM visitors to hear Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Merrick, Leon.
- Leon Merrick
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Death march survivors.
- Czestochowa (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Kielce (Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Death marches.
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Jews--Poland--Łódź.
Genre
- Oral History