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Oral history interview with Abram Geldman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.686 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0686

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    Oral history interview with Abram Geldman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Geldman's childhood in Lublin, Poland, his memories of the beginning of World War II and the bombing of Lublin, and his escape to Russia. Mr. Geldman describes arriving in Rovna, Poland (now Rivne, Ukraine), near the Russian border, and living there while it was occupied by the Russians. He discusses his arrest by Russian officers and transport to Siberia, and describes the journey, which ended when he fell from the train. Mr. Geldman describes his unsuccessful attempts to return to Lublin, his life in Rovna, and his travels and studies during the war years in various parts of the Soviet Union, including Tashkent and Semerkant in Uzbekhistan, and, later, Kishinev, Moldava, where he settled until emigrating to the United States in 1988. Mr. Geldman discusses his family and their fate, which is unknown to him.
    Interviewee
    Adam Geldman
    Date
    interview:  1991 July 25
    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
    Gel'dman, Adam, 1922-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Abram Geldman on July 25, 1991. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Archives Branch in July 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 08:46:24
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