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Oral history interview with Ira Segalewitz

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.364 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0557

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    Oral history interview with Ira Segalewitz

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ira Segalewitz, born in 1936 in Sarny, Poland (present day Ukraine), discusses his family; fleeing Sarny with his mother when the Germans invaded; traveling via cattle car to the Ural Mountains; working on a farm near the Volga River; working in a factory during the Stalingrad campaign; remaining in a labor camp near Ufa, Russia from 1942 to 1945; antisemitism in the camp; attending school in the camp; returning to Sarny with his mother; finding their home destroyed; learning the fate of their relatives; living in a bombed-out building; living in a displaced persons camp from 1947 to 1951 in Austria; immigrating to the United States; attending school and learning English; and marrying and having four children.
    Interviewee
    Ira Segalewitz
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2008 November 07

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 digital file : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Segalewitz, Ira, 1936-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ina Navazelskis, Program Coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Ira Segalewitz on November 7, 2008. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in January 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:33
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