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Survival oral history, 1933-1945

Oral History | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1989.077 | RG Number: RG-02.017

Overview

Interview Summary: The testimony entitled "Survival Oral History, 1933-1945" contains information about the persecution suffered by Martin Alexander, his immediate family, and other Jews of Berlin before and during the Holocaust. A great portion of the testimony relates to Martin Alexander's experiences while imprisoned at Auschwitz and Birkenau
Interviewee: Martin Alexander

Physical Details

Extent: 1 folder..
1 microfiche..
System of Arrangement: Organization is thematic

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Concentration camps. Death marches. Jews--Germany. Kapos. Railroads. Kristallnacht, 1938.
Geographic Name: Berlin (Germany) Gliwice (Poland) Passau (Germany)
Personal Name: Alexander, Martin.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Ganacker (Concentration camp) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel United States. Army

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Martin Alexander
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Martin Alexander completed the compilation of his Holocaust remembrances in March 1989.
Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-08-25 18:26:04
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