Oral history interview with Alexandra Gorko

Identifier
irn565900
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.276
  • RG-50.462.0276
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn565900

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Gerry Schneeberg

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.

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

  • Gerry Schneeberg
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Ms. Alexandra Gorko
  • Gorko, Alexandra Paley, 1916-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Lódz.
  • Lódz (Poland)
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Antisemitism.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Oswiecim (Poland)
  • Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv.
  • Nurses.
  • Lower Saxony (Germany)
  • Kyïv (Ukraine)
  • Jews--Poland--Lódz.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.

Genre

  • Oral History
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