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Oral history interview with Avraham Hass

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.63 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0063

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    Oral history interview with Avraham Hass

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Avraham Hass, born in 1923 in Bukovina, Romania, describes his family of Hassidic farmers near the Polish border; life and survival in Ukrainian ghettos; the Judenrat and its uneven treatment of ghetto residents and its collaboration with authorities; his family's expulsion across the Dniester River to Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ukraine; returning home to Soziawa, Romania after liberation and subsequently going to Bucharest, Romania, where he made contact with Hashomer Hatzair, which organized his illegal immigration to Palestine; his detention in a camp in Famagusta, Cyprus; and joining the Haganah and smuggling inmates out of the camp.
    Interviewee
    Avraham Hass
    Date
    interview:  1991 October 15
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    8 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Hass, Avraham, 1923-
    Corporate Name
    Haganah (Organization)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Avraham Hass in Israel on October 15, 1991, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:14:45
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