Overview
- Interview Summary
- Ernest Lion recounts his experiences during the Holocaust; his memories of his childhood in Germany; being deported to Auschwitz; and the deaths of many of his family members.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jewish families--Germany. Jews--Germany. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Personal Name
- Lion, Ernest G.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Tom Lion donated the testimony of his father Ernest G. Lion to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 13, 2006. The testimony was originally given to students at Palmetto Middle School in South Carolina.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:11:46
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