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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Alexander Jakoby

Oral History | Digitized | VHA Interview Code: 15426

Overview

Interviewee: Alexander Jakoby
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 1:33:02
Interview Date: 5/19/1996
Interview Location: NJ / U.S.A.
Birth Year: 1925
Birth City: Caslovci (Czechoslovakia)
Birth Country: Czechoslovakia
Camps: Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Kaufering/ Lager I (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Kaufering/ Lager III (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location: Czechoslovakia
Type of Hiding Place: farms
Liberated By: armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation: Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Prewar Religious Identity: Orthodox Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity: Conservative Judaism
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.

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Language: English

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Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Special Collection: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

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