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USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Josek Melcer

Oral History | VHA Interview Code: 48401
Interviewee
Josek Melcer
Experience Group
Jewish Survivor
Gender
M
Interview Length
3:41:18
Interview Date
2/3/1998
Interview Location
Bavaria / Germany
Birth Year
1928
Birth City
Olkusz (Poland)
Birth Country
Poland
Language
German

About This Oral History

Camps
Bendsburg (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Blechhammer (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gross Rosen (Germany : Concentration Camp)
St. Annaberg (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Sosnowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Hiding or False Identity Location
Bedzin (Poland)
Olkusz (Poland)
Type of Hiding Place
houses
Liberated By
armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
escapes from Aktionen
displaced persons camps
escapes from the ghettos
escapes during deportations
Prewar Religious Identity
orthodox 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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