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Oral history interviews of the Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto collection

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Collection Summary: Contains oral history interviews with sixteen Holocaust survivors recorded in preparation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's exhibition, "Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto," which opened in Nov. 1997. Collection includes interviews with: Brigitte Altman, Miriam Gershwin, Eta Hecht, Henry Kellen, Tamar Lazerson, David Levine, Jacob Lewin, Esther Lurie, Ted Pais, Avraham Pnina, Abraham Rodstein, Ivar Segalowitz, Avraham Tory, Helen Yermus, Celia Yewlow, and Berel Zisman. The interviewees discuss their experiences of living in the ghetto in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, during the Holocaust
Provenance: Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interviews from May to July 1997 in preparation for the exhibition, "Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interviews from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibitions Department on July 11,1998.
Date: 1997 May-1997 July

Date: interview: 1997 May 20
Date: interview: 1997 May 27
Date: interview: 1997 May 27
Date: interview: 1997 May 27
Date: interview: 1997 May 27
Date: interview: 1997 May 27
Date: interview: 1997 June 02
Date: interview: 1997 June 02
Date: interview: 1997 June 02
Date: interview: 1997 June 02
Date: interview: 1997 June 03
Date: interview: 1997 June 03
Date: interview: 1997 July 23
Date: interview: 1997 July 23
Date: interview: 1997 July 23
Date: interview: 1997 July 23
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