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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Ḥayim Burshṭeyn

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 23785
Interviewee
Ḥayim Burshṭeyn
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
2:40:53
Interview Date
12/4/1996
Interview Location
Central / Israel
Birth Year
1921
Birth City
Lódz (Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
Hebrew
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About This Oral History

Camps
Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Charlottengrube (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Warsaw (Poland)
Type of Hiding Place
family homes
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Ebensee (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
evasion of roundups
displaced persons camps
concealment of Jewish identity
forced labor: body removal and disposal
Prewar Religious Identity
Hasidism
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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