Oral history interview with Irene Weiss

Identifier
irn598627
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-50.999.0514
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598627

Extent and Medium

3 digital files, MP4

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

  • Irene Fogel Weiss
  • Weiss, Irene Fogel, 1930-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Czechoslovakia.
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Mukacheve (Ukraine)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Women.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Jewish families.
  • Hungarians--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Mukacheve.
  • Poland.
  • Forced labor.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Ukraine--Batrad'.
  • Teplice (Czech Republic)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Batrad' (Ukraine)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Death march survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Czechoslovakia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jewish orphans.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Child concentration camp inmates.
  • Sisters.
  • Germany.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Death marches.

Genre

  • Oral History
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