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Oral history interview with Girsh Mendelevich Kantor

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.1 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0001

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    Oral history interview with Girsh Mendelevich Kantor

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Girsh Mendelevich Kantor, born on August 22, 1914 in Minsk, Belarus, describes life in Minsk during the Polish occupation in the 1920s; his family and his life in Minsk as an engineer in a shoe factory; the German bombing of Minsk in June 1941; the establishment of the Minsk ghetto; moving to a labor camp in Minsk; being taken to Zastonetskiy camp, where he made clothing; being sent to Shirokovskiy slave labor camp and his successful escape; his liberation and interrogation by Soviet forces; his return to Minsk; and his life after the war.
    Interviewee
    Girsh M. Kantor
    Date
    interview:  1995 July 31
    Credit Line
    Interviews conducted in association with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and with the participation of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel.

    Physical Details

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

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    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Girsh Mendelevich Kantor on July 31, 1995. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview in September 1995.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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 08:28:15
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