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Oral testimony of Golda Finkler

Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.266.1 | RG Number: RG-50.110.0001

Golda Finkler, born in Lublin, Poland, discusses her experiences from the first day of the war and early days in the Warsaw ghetto; going to Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland; her time in slave labor camps, including Skarszysk; a death march through Germany; her liberation and return to Poland; and her life in the United States following the war.

Date: Recorded: 1971-1991
Language: Yiddish
Polish
Extent: 32 sound cassettes : analog.
55 digital files : WAV.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kaja Finkler

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Death march survivors.
Death marches.
Hidden children (Holocaust)
Hiding places.
Holocaust survivors--Mental health.
Holocaust survivors--Psychology.
Holocaust survivors--United States.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jewish families.
Jewish ghettos--Poland--Piotrków Trybunalski.
Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
Mothers and daughters.
Purim.
Synagogues--Poland--Skarzysko-Kamienna.
Women concentration camp inmates.
Yom Kippur.
Geographic Name: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Leipzig (Germany)
Łódź (Poland)
Lublin (Poland)
Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
Skarzysko-Kamienna (Poland)
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Warsaw (Poland)
Personal Name: Finkler, Golda, 1903-1991.
Corporate Name: Skarzysko-Kamienna (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Dr. Kaja Finkler donated her mother Golda Finkler's audio recordings to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2018. Golda Finkler recorded her family history and life story as the basis for the book "Lives Lived and Lost: East European History Before, During, and After World War II as Experienced by an Anthropologist and Her Mother" which she coauthored with her daughter Kaja Finkler.
Conditions on Access: Restrictions on access. Recordings are not available on the internet. They are accessible onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and available upon request to researchers and educators.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
: Record last modified: 2022-06-16 09:51:09
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