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Holocaust Oral History Archive

The Holocaust Oral History Archive is one of the earliest and largest collections of Holocaust testimony in the United States. Established in 1979 by Nora Levin (1916-1989), and maintained by a dedicated volunteer staff, the Archive is one of the earliest Holocaust oral history projects in the U.S. documenting a wide range of experiences during the Nazi era and Jewish life in pre-Nazi Europe. Holdings include interviews with over 900 survivors, rescuers, liberators, and other witnesses to the persecution and extermination of the Nazi era, 1933-1945. Special groupings include the testimonies of "Kindertransport" children sheltered in England, the 1985 Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, the 1991 and 1999 Rickshaw Reunions of Shanghai Survivors, and the Vilna Ghetto Fighters.

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Oral History Interview with Rachela Frydman

Interviewee: Rachela Frydman
Interviewer: Josey G. Fisher
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Geggel

Interviewee: Elizabeth Geggel
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
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Oral History Interview with Leonard Goldfine

Interviewee: Leonard Goldfine
Interviewer: Philip G. Solomon
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Oral History Interview with Genia Golombek

Interviewee: Genia Golombek
Interviewer: Nora Levin
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Oral History Interview with Betty Grebenschikoff

Interviewee: Betty Grebenschikoff
Interviewer: Natalie Packel
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Oral History Interview with Samuel Greenberg

Interviewee: Samuel Greenberg
Interviewer: Eileen Steinberg
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Oral History Interview with Caroline Gutman

Interviewee: Caroline Gutman
Interviewer: Nora Levin
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Oral History Interview with Fred L. Hammel

Interviewee: Fred L. Hammel
Interviewer: Meta Joy Jacoby
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Oral History Interview with Hans Hartenstein

Interviewee: Hans Hartenstein
Interviewer: Gerry Schneeberg
Hans Hartenstein, born on January 27, 1923 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his pre-war life; the Anschluss; the arrest and detention of his father; Hashomer Hatzair; preparing to immigrate to Palestine but being unable to get a certificate; immigrating to England through the British Society of Friends...
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Oral History Interview with Ursula M. Heisman

Interviewee: Ursula M. Heisman
Interviewer: Marcia Goldberg
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