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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Jack Somer

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 15884
Interviewee
Jack Somer
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
1:57:44
Interview Date
6/3/1996
Interview Location
ON / Canada
Birth Year
1923
Birth City
Radziejów (Warsaw/ Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
concentration camps/ German
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Magdeburg (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Magdeburg (Prussia/ Germany)
Type of Hiding Place
forests
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Germany
Other Experiences
displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
traditional Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity
conservative Judaism
Description
Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.
Special Collection
USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

Administrative History

Rights and Restrictions

Restrictions
On-site access only. Registration required.
 
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