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Oral history interview with Lilly Kalina

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.70.24 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0024

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    Oral history interview with Lilly Kalina

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Lilly Kalina, born September 21, 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), discusses her childhood and family; being relatively affluent until 1939-1940 when life changed dramatically because of antisemitic laws; relatives moving into her family’s apartment; her boyfriend working as a medical officer which gave her and her family protection; her family and friends being transported to camps; her brother committing suicide in December 1941; being among the last to be transported to Theresienstadt in 1943; being assigned to the agricultural detail in Theresienstadt, which allowed her to avoid being shipped to Auschwitz; her brother and his wife being on the Masaryk Transport to Auschwitz; her mother and father almost being sent to Auschwitz; her fiancé being sent to Auschwitz in October 1944; signs that the war was ending; seeing prisoners arrive from other camps; daily life in Theresienstadt; the death of her fiancé; marrying her next boyfriend in 1946; leaving Czechoslovakia for Denmark; and going to Sydney, Australia in 1948.
    Interviewee
    Lilly Kalina
    Date
    interview:  1990 November 17
    Credit Line
    Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Permission must be obtained from the University of Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica for any type of use other than research.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Kalina, Lilly, 1921-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Australian Institute of Holocaust Studies conducted the interview with Lilly Kalina on November 17, 1990 for the Twelfth Hour Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in April 2006 from the State Library of New South Wales where the collection is housed.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 09:03:06
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