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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Geza Mermelstein

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 17575
Interviewee
Geza Mermelstein
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
2:03:04
Interview Date
7/19/1996
Interview Location
NY / U.S.A.
Birth Year
1916
Birth City
Uzhorod (Czechoslovakia)
Birth Country
Austria-Hungary
Language
Hungarian

About This Oral History

Camps
Dachau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Kochendorf (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Longwy-Thil (France : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Germany
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Other Experiences
displaced persons camps
escapes during transfers
concealment of Jewish identity
forced labor battalions/ Hungarian
escapes from forced labor battalions
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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