Oral history interview with Ruth Kohner
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- Interviewee
- Ruth Kohner
- Interviewer
- Borbála Kriza
Peter Murphy - Date
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interview:
2018 August 22
- Geography
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creation:
Belfast (Northern Ireland)
- Language
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English
- Extent
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1 digital file : MP4.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 19:53:14
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn694077
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