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Oral history interview with Simon Aufschauer

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.144 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0144

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    Oral history interview with Simon Aufschauer

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Simon Aufschauer, born on February 15, 1915 in Zolkiew, Poland (now Zhovkva, Ukraine), discusses being a member of Betar; being in the Polish Army; the German invasion and being taken as a prisoner of war; escaping; returning to Lvov (now L’viv, Ukraine); working as a furrier; being drafted into the Russian Army and fleeing; the German occupation of Soviet territories; the murder of 2,000 Jews from the Lvov Ghetto in April 1942; his mother being deported to Belzec; being deported to Janowska in 1941; being sent to Płaszów in 1943; being transferred to Gross-Rosen in 1944; being in Reichenbach (Langenbielau) when the camp was liberated by the Soviets on May 8, 1945; religious observance in the camps; the crematoriums in the camps; meeting his wife in a displaced persons (DP) camp; getting married in August 1945; and immigrating to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Simon Aufschauer
    Interviewer
    Josey G. Fisher
    Date
    interview:  1982 May 13
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Extent
    2 sound cassettes (60 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Aufschauer, Simon.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:36:47
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