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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Girsh Kantor

Oral History | Digitized | VHA Interview Code: 29519

Overview

Interviewee: Girsh Kantor
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 4:34:30
Interview Date: 2/2/1997
Interview Location: Minsk / Belarus
Birth Year: 1914
Birth City: Minsk (Belorussia/ USSR)
Birth Country: Russia/Soviet Russia
Camps: Minsk-Shirokaia Street (Minsk/ Belorussia/ USSR : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location: Minsk (Belorussia/ USSR : Oblast)
Type of Hiding Place: forests
Liberated By: armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation: Minsk (Belorussia/ USSR : Oblast)
Other Experiences: prisons
evasion of roundups
escapes from the camps
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity: Judaism
Aid Giver/ Liberator or War Crimes Trials Participant or Witness: war crimes trial participants
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.

Physical Details

Language: Russian

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Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Special Collection: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive

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