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Oral history interview with Ignatz Akerman and Karl Sheffer

Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.2.1 | RG Number: RG-90.117.0001

Ignatz Akerman (né Rosenberg) and Karl Sheffer discuss their lives in the former Soviet Union prior to, during, and after WWII.

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Interviewee: Ignatz Akerman
Karl Sheffer
Interviewer: Gabriel Sheffer
Date: interview: 2005 May 24
Language: Hungarian
English
Extent: 1 digital file : MPEG-4.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gabriel Sheffer

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives.
Antisemitism--Hungary.
Jews--Hungary--Budapest.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Geographic Name: Budapest (Hungary)
Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
Personal Name: Akerman, Ignatz Rosenberg.
Sheffer, Karl.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Nyilaskeresztes Párt.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Gabriel Sheffer donated his interview with his grandfathers Ignatz Akerman and Karl Sheffer to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2020.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-10-07 13:38:27
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