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Oral history interview with David Pur

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.120 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0120

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    Oral history interview with David Pur

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    David Pur, born in Siaulai, Lithuania in October 1924, describes his family and childhood memories; being in the Shomer Hazair youth group; the arrival of Jewish refugees; how in 1940 the Russians entered Siaulai and in 1941 the first German bombing occurred; his family's attempted escape to Russia; being caught by Lithuanian partisans and brought to a prison in Siaulai; the move to the ghetto; life in the ghetto and functions of the Judenrat; the beginning of an underground group, the leadership, and different functions of the group; the Massada and their relationship with partisans; being transported to Stutthof, then Dachau, and then a camp near Utting (Kaufering V), where 400 to 500 Jews from Siaulai were held; being taken back to Dachau; the death march from Dachau and being liberated by the American Army; helping to organize groups in displaced persons camps to go to Israel; going on a boat from France to Israel but being taken by the British to Cyprus; the fate of his mother and sister; eventually getting to Israel; and meeting his wife and her story.
    Interviewee
    David Pur
    Date
    interview:  1993 November 23
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Pur, David, 1924-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with David Pur in Israel on November 23, 1993, 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 08:15:04
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