Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Margarita Furman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.29 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0029

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Margarita Furman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Margarita Furman, born on December 28, 1925 in Minsk, Belarus, discusses her family; her youth, hobbies, and schools; her father who worked in a flour mill; the outbreak of war on June 22, 1941; her family going towards Mogilev on June 26and being wounded by bullets on the way; the German Army occupying Mogilev and the Jews being moved to a ghetto; how she did not look Jewish and was separated from the rest of her family; being discovered on the street, beaten, and put in prison; denying that she was Jewish and was sent with other young women to Poland and Germany to do various jobs; more details on the ghetto in Mogilev; life in work camps and how weak and sick persons were separated out and taken away; relationships between prisoners and various punishments; her feelings upon liberation by the Americans; and how she and others were treated as traitors in the Soviet Union.
    Interviewee
    Margarita Furman
    Date
    interview:  1995 August 11
    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
    2 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Furman, Margarita.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Margarita Furman on August 11, 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.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:28:25
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn510600

    Additional Resources

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us