Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Victor Elias

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.219 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0219

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Victor Elias

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Victor Elias, born on November 18, 1922 in Sasov, Czechoslovakia (now Sasovo, Ukraine), discusses his pre-war life in Csepe (now Chepa, Ukraine); experiencing antisemitism before the war; studying in Yeshiva; apprenticing as a baker circa 1936; the Hungarian occupation; being sent to a detention camp; being deported to Kolomyja in 1940; living in the Lwów Ghetto (L’viv, Ukraine) in the summer of 1941; being sent to Częstochowa, Poland; working in HASAG-Warta from 1943 to 1945; details and names of Jewish leaders and some camp commanders; liberation by the Soviets in January 1945; living in Halmeu, Romania after the war; immigrating to Israel in 1949; and immigrating to the United States in 1959.
    Interviewee
    Victor Elias
    Interviewer
    Harriet Richman
    Date
    interview:  1983 February 03
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 sound cassettes (60 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Elias, Victor.

    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 08:37:15
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn565843

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us