Oral history interview with Lillian Wishnefsky

Identifier
irn508699
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.74
  • RG-50.462.0074
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508699

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (60 min.),

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive conducted the interview with Lillian Wishnefsky in Philadelphia, Pa., on December 10, 1986. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Gratz College on September 30, 1999.

Archival History

Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Wishnefsky, Lillian Kupferberg, 1929-
  • Lillian K. Wishnefsky

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
  • Farms--Denmark.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Srodula (Sosnowiec, Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • Forced labor.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Denmark.
  • Jews--Education--Poland.
  • Fürstenberg (Germany)
  • Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Death marches.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Diarists.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • Gas chambers.
  • Death march survivors.

Genre

  • Oral History
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