Overview
- Interview Summary
- Isaac Mischkinsky and Bella Mischkinsky describe their secret wedding at the work camp in Riga, Latvia; Isaac’s role overseeing the physical expansion of the camp since he was a civil engineer; the roles of Jews in the camp; Bella’s views on the effects of camp life on the inmates; their removal from Riga to other camps; being imprisoned in Germany; their arduous path to liberation; working with the HIAS in Europe after the liberation; immigrating to the United States; settling in Peoria, Illinois and then in New York City; and the attitudes of American Jews towards Jewish refugees.
- Interviewer
- Peter Lerner
Nate Lieberman
Muriel Lieberman - Date
-
interview:
approximately 1975
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Lerner
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors--Marriage. Holocaust survivors--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia--Personal narratives. Jewish refugees--United States. Jews--Latvia. Weddings--Latvia--Riga. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Riga (Latvia) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Mischkinsky, Isaac, 1909-1977. Mischkinsky, Bella, 1922-2013.
- Corporate Name
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Peter Lerner donated a copy of his oral history interview with Isaac Mischkinsky and Bella Mischkinsky to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 2013. The interview was recorded circa 1975 in Beechhurst, Queens, NY.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:29:53
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