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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Jacob Gastwirth

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 19034
Interviewee
Jacob Gastwirth
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
2:22:40
Interview Date
8/29/1996
Interview Location
NY / U.S.A.
Birth Year
1924
Birth City
Tarnów (Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
concentration camps/ German
Crawinkel (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Flossenbürg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Czarny Dunajec (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Krakau-Plaszow (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Cracow (Poland : Voivodship)
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Bavaria (Germany : State)
Other Experiences
displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
orthodox Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity
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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