Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Ruth Zaidband

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 28562
Interviewee
Ruth Zaidband
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
F
Interview Length
1:24:53
Interview Date
4/23/1997
Interview Location
NY / U.S.A.
Birth Year
1924
Birth City
Gleiwitz (Germany)
Birth Country
Germany
Language
English

About This Oral History

Camps
Merzdorf (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Bolkenhain (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Sosnowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Grünberg in Schlesien (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Germany
Type of Hiding Place
barns
cellars
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Germany
Other Experiences
restricted housing
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.
 
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/vha28562