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Oral history interview with Boris Bleyman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.174 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0174

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    Oral history interview with Boris Bleyman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Boris Bleyman, born on April 21, 1910 in Višķi, Latvia, discusses living in Riga, Latvia; the beginning of WWII; the Riga ghetto; the murder of his family by the Germans; being sent to a camp in King's Forest near Gdansk, Poland; working as shoemaker; experiencing beatings; witnessing German atrocities; the Red Army; his life after the war; and his immigration to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Boris Bleyman
    Interviewer
    Leon Friedman
    Date
    interview:  1987 December 16
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    Yiddish English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Bleyman, Boris.
    Corporate Name
    Red Army (Soviet Union)

    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 08:36:58
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