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Oral history interview with Henry Nash

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.716 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0716

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    Oral history interview with Henry Nash

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Henry Nash discusses his childhood in Kielce, Poland; his move to Łódź, Poland in 1936; his memory of the German invasion in 1939; his service in the Polish Army, his capture by the Germans and deportation to Landsdorf; his relocation to Krakow; his escape from Krakow and return to Łódź in November 1939; life before and after the creation of the Łódź ghetto, his experiences in the ghetto with his wife and small child; work he performed and living conditions in the ghetto; his family’s deportation to Auschwitz in September 1944; his experiences in Auschwitz; the selections; his understanding of the gas chambers and crematoria; the work he performed there; his transfer to a factory in Braunschweig, Germany; his work in the factory and conditions there; his planned transfer to Ravensbrück; the bombing of his train; his diversion to another labor camp; aid from the Swedish Red Cross; liberation by the American Army; his move to Sweden in 1945; his immigration to the United States in 1948; his life in the United States, family members who perished; and the emotional impact of his Holocaust experiences.
    Interviewee
    Henry Nash
    Interviewer
    Elena Schulman
    Date
    interview:  1990 February 25
    interview:  1989 November 01
    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
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Nash, Henry--Interviews.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Henry Nash on November 1, 1989 and February 25, 1990. The interview was received by the 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 08:46:31
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