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Oral history interview with Ben Altman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.594 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0594

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    Oral history interview with Ben Altman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ben Altman was born on February 26, 1912 in Czestochowa, Poland. Ben and his seven siblings were raised by his father and step-mother. Though Ben and his family were spared from the transports to Auschwitz, which claimed the majority of the Jewish population of his town, Ben was eventually sent to a labor camp in 1944. It was here that Ben avoided being sent to a death camp by using his skills as a tailor to mend uniforms for soldiers. He was then imprisoned in a third camp, and upon liberation, he worked as a tailor for the Russians. Ben was able to return to his hometown where he was reunited with two of his brothers. In 1945, he and his wife attempted to leave Rechbach (?) but they were captured and interrogated by the authorities; they were sent to Munich and eventually back to Poland
    Interviewee
    Ben Altman
    Interviewer
    Moshe Morris
    Date
    interview:  2003 February 26
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Altman, Ben--Interviews.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Ben Altman on February 26, 2003. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in September 2003.
    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 08:45:54
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