Overview
- Interview Summary
- Henry Kolber, originally of Poland, describes his time in the Stary Sacz ghetto; his involvement in forced labor; his time at Rapka, a training camp for SS personnel; participating in the construction of Płaszów concentration camp near Krakow, Poland; being imprisoned at Auschwitz; being sent on a death march to Buchenwald, where he was liberated; immigrating to the United States after 1947; and the importance of Holocaust education and remembrance.
The interviews include one given at the Wildomar School, CA in 1994; a radio program and a short speech (dates unknown); and an interview done by his family in June 2006. - Interviewee
- Mr. Henry Kolber
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Kolber
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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3 DVD-ROMs.
- Physical Description
- 3 DVDs.
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- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Death marches. Forced labor--Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Stary Sącz. Jews--Poland. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Poland. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Stary Sącz (Poland) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Kolber, Henry.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Mark Kolber donated the interview with Henry Kolber to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:38
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