Oral history interview with Rena Block
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (Betacam SP),
Biographical History
The interview with Rena Block was conducted on August 6, 1994 by Safe Haven, Inc. as part of a project documenting the testimonies of refugees from the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in April 1996.
Archival History
Safe Haven Inc.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from Safe Haven, Inc.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Rena Block
- Block, Rena.
Corporate Bodies
- Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter (U.S.)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Jews, Yugoslav--United States.
- Oswego (N.Y.)
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Jews--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--United States.
- Jewish refugees.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Italy.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Zagreb (Croatia)
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.