Oral History Interview with Suzanne Leibowitz
Suzanne Leibowitz (née Langer), born on May 27, 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, discusses pre-war Prague; attempts to move away from Nazi occupation; being deported to Theresienstadt in 1942; camp conditions, adaptation, and manipulation of the system; bartering family diamonds with guards and Czech police to get food and easier work; being given a special room with two other girls near police to more easily barter; visit from the Red Cross; liberation by jumping on a Soviet tank in May 1945; living in Teplitz Schoenau (Teplice) post war; immigrating to the United States in October 1948.
| Date: | 04/08/1981 |
| Interviewer: | Josey G. Fisher |
| Interviewee: | Suzanne Leibowitz |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Jews. |
| Location: | Prague, Czechia Nový Jičín, Czechia Theresienstadt concentration camp Teplice, Czechia USA |
| Permalink: | https://hoha.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/oral-history-interview-with-suzanne-leibowitz/ |
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| 01:03:57 | |
| 00:27:24 |
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