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Oral history interview with Emma Lazar

Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.231.1 | RG Number: RG-50.809.0001

Emma Lazar, who lived in Iclod, Transylvania during World War II, describes being deported by the Hungarian police in 1944 when she was around 20 years old; being taken to Gerla briefly and then to Auschwitz/Birkenau; being marched to Germany with the retreating Germans; ending up in Bergen Belsen, where she was liberated by the British Army; and immigrating to Israel in 1963 with her husband and two children.

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Interviewee: Emma Lazar
Interviewer: Ran Nussbacher
Date: interview: 2014 August 02
Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : MPEG-4.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ran Nussbacher

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Holocaust survivors--Israel.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
Jewish women in the Holocaust--Romania.
Jews--Romania--Iclod.
Women concentration camp inmates--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
Women--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Gherla (Romania)
Iclod (Romania)
Israel--Emigration and immigration.
Transylvania (Romania)--History--1940-1947.
Personal Name: Lazar, Emma.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Ran Nussbacher donated the oral history interview with Emma Lazar to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch on August 2, 2014. The testimony was recorded circa 1996.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
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