Overview
- Interview Summary
- Thomas Buergenthal, born May 11, 1934 in Lubochna, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), discusses his survival of the ghetto in Kielce, Poland; being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp and his methods of survival; his immigration to the United States in 1951; attending Bethany College in Virginia, New York University, and Harvard; and teaching law at several universities; his Jewish identity and attending a Reform temple; losing his belief in God; and the possibility of another Holocaust event occurring.
- Interviewee
- Thomas Buergenthal
- Interviewer
- Mr. William B. Helmreich
- Date
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interview:
1990 January 25
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 sound cassette (90 min.).
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Child concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kielce. Jews--Identity. Jews--Slovakia--L'ubochňa. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Boston (Mass.) Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945. Kielce (Poland) L'ubochňa (Slovakia) New York (N.Y.) Oświęcim (Poland) United States--Emigration and immigration. Virginia.
- Personal Name
- Buergenthal, Thomas.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Mr. William B. Helmreich
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The interview with Thomas Buergenthal was conducted on January 25, 1990, for William B. Helmreich's book "Against all odds: Holocaust survivors and the successful lives they made in America." The interview was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on October 30, 1992.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-05-24 12:42:56
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