Overview
- Interview Summary
- Ita Dimant reads a translation of her Holocaust memoir in which she describes her three years in hiding as a non-Jew named Genowefa Zawadska in Częstochowa, Poland; her arrest in 1943; being sent by the Gestapo, which decided she was not Jewish, to Germany for forced labor; her liberation near Gerlingen, working at Kibbutz Buchenwald, and immigrating to Israel.
A published version of the memoir, in Polish, is located in the USHMM Library as DS135.P63 D57 2001, while an abbreviated copy, in English, is located under DS135.P63 D56 1993. - Date
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inclusive:
1965-1967
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jacob Dimant
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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2 sound cassettes (90 min.).
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Ita Dimant
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Personal Name
- Dimant, Ita.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Jacob Dimant donated audio and video testimonies of Ita and Simcha Dimant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 2013.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:30:21
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