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Oral history interview with Rachel Garfunkel

Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.287.1 | RG Number: RG-50.601.0001

Rachel Verderber Garfunkel, originally of Krakow, Poland, describes her life in Canada; her memories of the German invasion of Poland; her move, along with her mother, sister, aunt, and cousins, to a small village in Ukraine; how, when the Germans came, she ran with her younger sister back to the Krakow ghetto, where she worked in a paper factory; being smuggled out of the ghetto with her sister; and spending the rest of the war in hiding.


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Interviewee
Rachel Garfunkel
Date
interview:  2006
Language
English
Extent
2 DVD.

About This Oral History

Physical Description
2 DVD-ROMs.
Special Collection
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Jewish Federation of Edmonton
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Rachel Garfunkel donated her oral history interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 16, 2008 with the written permission of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton. The oral history was conducted by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton in 2006 and was edited into an educational documentary entitled "Black Snow."
Primary Number
6078

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Rachel Garfunkel and the Jewish Federation of Edmonton hold joint copyright and distribution rights.
 
Record last modified: 2020-03-26 09:40:04
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