Oral history interview with Dorothy Finger

- Interviewee
- Dorothy Finger
- Date
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1992 May 14
(interview)
- Language
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English
- Extent
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3 sound cassettes : analog.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Council for Relationships
Dorothy Finger, born in Poland, discusses Soviet rule in Poland; her wartime experiences; antisemitism; immigrating to the United States; and the lasting psychological effects of the war.
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The Juliet Spitzer and Phil Wachs Archive of the Transcending Trauma Project collection, produced by the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, PA, includes oral histories of three generations of Holocaust survivor families, focusing on how survivors coped following the war, the impact of their experiences on their children, and the varied legacies that they have passed on to their grandchildren.
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