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Oral history interview with Michael M. Cernea

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.129 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0495

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    Oral history interview with Michael M. Cernea

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Michael Cernea, born in 1931 in Iasi, Romania, discusses his family life; experiencing antisemitism in his hometown; the activities of the Iron Guard in Iasi; his father losing his job as a factory engineer after Romania entered the war; Romania's declaration of war on the Soviet Union; a pogrom in Iasi that his family survived; the fear Jewish families in Iasi had after the pogrom and how his family went into hiding; the Romanian government's oppression of the Jewish population even before German occupation and their collusion with the Germans during the war; attending a Jewish community synagogue school starting in 1942; the hope that was inspired in the Jewish population when the war started to turn against Germany; his mother's attempts to find out information about family members during the war; news about persecution outside of Romania; his family's flight to Bucharest, Romania because of fear of reprisals at the hands of the retreating Romanian Army; Allied bombing of Bucharest near the end of the war; his feelings about being liberated by the Soviet Army; and immigrating to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Michael M. Cernea
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2005 May 04
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    9 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Cernea, Michael M.
    Corporate Name
    Garda de Fier

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Michael M. Cernea (b. Moise Catz) on May 4, 2005. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in May 2005.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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 08:03:12
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