Overview
- Interview Summary
- Leah Goltzman, born circa 1938 (possibly 1936) in Chelm, Poland, discusses her experiences as a refugee as she and her family fled from the Nazis across Poland into Russia; her family’s capture and transport to Stalinsk (Novokuznetsk), Siberia; her struggle to survive during the war; living for five years in displaced persons camps, including one in Ebelsberg, Austria (near Linz); immigrating to the United States; and her reflections about lessons learned during the Holocaust.
- Interviewee
- Mrs. Leah Goltzman
- Interviewer
- Janis Haswell
- Date
-
interview:
2010 October 07
interview: 2010 November 05
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janis Haswell
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Extent
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4 sound cassettes (120 min.).
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Janis Haswell
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Hiding places--Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish refugees. Jews, Polish--Russia (Federation)--Siberia. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Poland--Chelm (Lublin) Refugee camps--Austria--Linz. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Russia (Federation)--Siberia. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Chelm (Lublin, Poland) Ebelsberg (Linz, Austria) Novokuznetsk (Russia) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Siberia (Russia) Soviet Union. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Goltzman, Leah.
- Corporate Name
- Ebelsberg (Displaced persons camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Janis Haswell donated a copy of her 2010 interview with Leah Goltzman to the United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum's Oral History Branch in February 2011.
- Special Collection
-
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:21:38
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An oral history interview and memoir detailing the wartime experiences of Leah Goltzman and her family
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"Every Day a Gift: The Holocaust Memoir of Leah Goltzman as told to Janis Haswell"
Document
"Every Day a Gift: The Holocaust Memoir of Leah Goltzman as told to Janis Haswell" is a bound transcript of the oral history interview Janis Haswell conducted with Leah Goltzman in 2010. The bound transcript includes photocopies of Goltzman's family photographs.
