Oral history interview with Leo Korona

Identifier
irn565973
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.349
  • RG-50.462.0349
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn565973

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Helen Pearlman

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

  • Korona, Leo, 1908-
  • Helen Pearlman
  • Leo Korona

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie, Poland)
  • Death marches.
  • Fur workers.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Germany--Hamburg.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec (Województwo Slaskie)
  • Bombing, Aerial--Poland.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Katowice (Poland)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Refugee camps.
  • Hiding places.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Forced labor.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Escapes.
  • Typhus fever.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Wodzislaw (Poland)
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Jews--Poland--Katowice.

Genre

  • Oral History
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