Skip to main content

Back to Results New Search

USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Alexander Burshtein

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 25183

Interviewee: Alexander Burshtein
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 2:04:58
Interview Date: 1/29/1997
Interview Location: NY / U.S.A.
Birth Year: 1928
Birth City: Romancâuti (Romania)
Birth Country: Romania
Language: Russian

Camps: Domanevka (Ukraine/ USSR : Concentration Camp)
Akmechetka (Odessa/ Ukraine/ USSR : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location: Akmechetka (Odessa/ Ukraine/ USSR)
Type of Hiding Place: fields
Liberated By: armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation: Ambarovo (Odessa/ Ukraine/ USSR)
Other Experiences: evasion of roundups
escapes from the camps
concealment of Jewish identity
Postwar Religious Identity: Judaism
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.
Special Collection: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Holder of Originals: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Restrictions: On-site access only. Registration required.
: This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/vha25183

Email
Print

Availability

Digitized
Requires Visit to Library & Archives or Other Viewing Location

Give Feedback

Learn About the Holocaust

These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories.
Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center

Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.

Further Your Research