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Oral history interview with David Eskin

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.539.13 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0013

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    Oral history interview with David Eskin

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    David Eskin, born in Sofia, Bulgaria and age 75 at the time of the interview, discusses growing up in the poor Jewish neighborhood in Sofia; his grandparents going to Israel in the 1920s; his work in Maccabi; staying in Israel after the Maccabia games of 1932; being drafted into the forced labor camps on a business trip home; building roads for three years; escaping in 1943 and living in Sofia illegally; joining a Bulgarian army band after the Russians liberated Bulgaria on September 9, 1944; being a part of The Optimists band; and establishing his life in Israel and New York City after 1948.
    Interviewee
    David Eskin
    Date
    interview:  1990 March 04
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from Jacky and Lisa Comforty

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    5 videocassettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Eskin, David.
    Meeting Name
    Makabiyah.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this interview from Comforty Media Concepts on March 27, 1996.
    Funding Note
    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 08:31:46
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