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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Aurelia Herschdoerfer

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 17196
Interviewee
Aurelia Herschdoerfer
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
F
Interview Date
7/5/1996
Interview Location
Greater London, England / United Kingdom
Birth Year
1912
Birth City
Zurawno (Poland)
Birth Country
Austria-Hungary
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Krakau-Plaszow (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Drohobycz-Beskiden (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Lichtewerden (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Drohobycz (Poland)
Type of Hiding Place
barns
attics
apartments
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Lichtewerden (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
evasion of roundups
Prewar Religious Identity
Judaism
assimilated
Postwar Religious Identity
Judaism
not affiliated
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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