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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Berta Potash

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 24481
Interviewee
Berta Potash
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
F
Interview Length
1:15:35
Interview Date
1/6/1997
Interview Location
FL / U.S.A.
Birth Year
1924
Birth City
Spytkowice (Oswiecim/ Cracow/ Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
English
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About This Oral History

Camps
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Parschnitz (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Sosnowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Ober Altstadt (Czechoslovakia : Concentration Camp)
Grünberg in Schlesien (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Sommerfelde (Germany)
Type of Hiding Place
houses
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Sommerfelde (Germany)
Other Experiences
displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
traditional Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity
traditional 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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