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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Lester Berke

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 2187
Interviewee
Lester Berke
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
1:28:34
Interview Date
4/26/1995
Interview Location
FL / U.S.A.
Birth Year
1927
Birth City
Sosnowiec (Kielce/ Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Blechhammer (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gross Rosen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Reigersfeld (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Reigersfeld (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Bismarckhütte (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Type of Hiding Place
buildings
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
traditional 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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