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Oral testimony of Golda Finkler

Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.266.1 | RG Number: RG-50.110.0001
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Golda Finkler discusses her experiences from the first day of the war and early days in the Warsaw ghetto; her time in slave labor camps; a death march through Germany; her liberation and return to Poland; and her life in the United States following the war.

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

Administrative History

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.

Rights and Restrictions

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. 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.
 
Record last modified: 2018-08-06 08:55:55
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