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Oral history interview with Ruth Neray

Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.95.1 | RG Number: RG-50.309.0001

Ruth Neray discusses her deportation from Paris, France in 1944 and survival in Auschwitz and during a death march near the end of the war.

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Interviewee: Ruth Neray
Interviewer: Laura Shapiro
Amram Shapiro
Date: interview: 2010 January 06-2010 January 07
Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : MP4.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Laura and Amram Shapiro

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Jews--France--Paris.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Concentration camp guards.
Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
Death marches.
Women--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Paris (France)
Drancy (France)
Canada--Emigration and immigration.
Personal Name: Neray, Ruth.
Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Laura and Amram Shapiro donated their interview with Ruth Neray to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2018.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
Copyright Holder: Laura Shapiro
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 19:52:26
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