Overview
- Description
- "Every Day a Gift: The Holocaust Memoir of Leah Goltzman as told to Janis Haswell" is a bound transcript of the oral history interview Janis Haswell conducted with Leah Goltzman in 2010. The bound transcript includes photocopies of Goltzman's family photographs.
- Date
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creation:
2011
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Janis Haswell
- Collection Creator
- Leah Goltzman
- Biography
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Leah Goltzman was born circa 1938 (possibly 1936) in Chelm, Poland, to Simon Szklasz and Hannah Hochstein. During the Holocaust, she and her parents fled the Nazis across Poland into Russia. They were captured and transported to Stalinsk (Novokuznetsk), Siberia. After the war, they spent five years in displaced persons camps, including in Ebelsberg, Austria (near Linz), before immigrating to the United States in 1950.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Janis Haswell
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Hiding places--Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish refugees. Jews, Polish--Russia (Federation)--Siberia. Jews--Persecutions--Poland. Jews--Poland--Chelm (Lublin) Refugee camps--Austria--Linz. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
- Geographic Name
- Chelm (Lublin, Poland) Ebelsberg (Linz, Austria) Novokuznetsk (Russia) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Siberia (Russia) Soviet Union. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Goltzman, Leah.
- Corporate Name
- Ebelsberg (Displaced persons camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Janis Haswell donated the transcript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:38:51
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn710817
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An oral history interview and memoir detailing the wartime experiences of Leah Goltzman and her family
Date: 2010
Oral history interview with Leah Goltzman
Oral History
Leah Goltzman, born circa 1938 (possibly 1936) in Chelm, Poland, discusses her experiences as a refugee as she and her family fled from the Nazis across Poland into Russia; her family’s capture and transport to Stalinsk (Novokuznetsk), Siberia; her struggle to survive during the war; living for five years in displaced persons camps, including one in Ebelsberg, Austria (near Linz); immigrating to the United States; and her reflections about lessons learned during the Holocaust.
