Overview
- Interview Summary
- Evelyn Rakos and Helen Jonas (born on April 25, 1925 in Kraków, Poland), discuss their lives as young women in the Krakow Ghetto and various concentration camps; and Helen Jonas discusses being a maid to Commandant Amon Goth.
- Date
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interview:
1988 November 01
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Suburban Temple
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Antisemitism--Poland. Forced labor. Holocaust survivors--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Jewish families--Poland. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Poland--Kraków. Women concentration camp inmates. Women--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Kraków (Poland) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Jonas, Helen. Rakos, Evelyn. Goeth, Amon Leopold, 1908-1946.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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The Suburban Temple
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The interview with Helen Jonas & Evelyn Rakos was conducted on November 1, 1988 by The Suburban Temple as part of a project documenting the testimonies of temple members' experiences during the Holocaust. The testimony was delivered in front of a large audience at the Suburban Temple, Wantagh, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in August 1994.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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