Overview
- Description
- Consists of a copy of the transcript of the oral history testimony given by Richard Glazar at the Center for Holocaust Studies on 26 October 1981. The transcript includes Glazar's remembrances of life during and after the Holocaust. Glazar devotes a major part of the testimony to his experiences in the Treblinka concentration camp. He describes in detail the administration of the camp, the various nationalities of the prisoners, the method of gassing and incineration of corpses, the formation of the orchestra, and the burning of Treblinka after the uprising.
- Credit Line
- Cite the Center for Holocaust Studies as the holder of the original
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Transcripts.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Escapes. Forced labor. Guerrillas. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. Jews--Czechoslovakia. Jews--Poland. Jews--Russia. Music. Musicians. Oral history. Romanies. Sonderkommandos. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Typhus fever. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- Geographic Name
- Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) Mannheim (Germany) Prague (Czech Republic)
- Personal Name
- Glazar, Richard, 1920- Adek, Kurt Franz. Unger, Charles.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Center for Holocaust Studies
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The transcript of the Glazar interview was compiled from two audiotapes included in the Yaffa Ellach Collection (OH 81-21-SU, RG 758) at the Center for Holocaust Studies in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Glazar interview was conducted on 26 Oct. 1981 by Bonnie Gurewitsch. The date for donation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives is unknown.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 10:35:54
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