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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Yafah Mermelshteyn

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 31846
Interviewee
Yafah Mermelshteyn
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
F
Interview Length
2:57:57
Interview Date
5/28/1997
Interview Location
Central / Israel
Birth Year
1917
Birth City
Packanovo (Czechoslovakia)
Language
Hebrew

About This Oral History

Camps
Pürschkau (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland : Death Camp)
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Hainichen (Germany)(generic)
Type of Hiding Place
farms
Liberated By
armed forces/ Soviet
Location of Liberation
Hainichen (Germany)(generic)
Other Experiences
prisons
displaced persons camps
escapes during forced marches
concealment of Jewish identity
Prewar Religious Identity
Orthodox Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity
Orthodox 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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