Eva Dimond Ygalsky oral history interview, 1983 April 13

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Summary

Creators:
Ygalsky, Eva Dimond, Glowgower, Debi, Harbet, Shelia, and Neuberg, Joel
Abstract:
This collection comprises one sound disc with accompanying transcript of an oral history interview with Eva Dimond Ygalsky conducted by the Holocaust Media Project on April 13, 1983.
Extent:
0.1 Linear feet comprising one sound disc and one transcript of 27 pages
Language:
Preferred citation:

Eva Dimond Ygalsky oral history interview - OHP.8728, Tauber Holocaust Library, JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises one sound disc with accompanying transcript of an oral history interview with Eva Dimond Ygalsky. The interview was conducted by Joel Neuberg on behalf of the Holocaust Media Project on April 13, 1983. Eva Dimond Ygalsky is a Holocaust survivor.

The interview describes Ms. Ygalsky's deportation to Kovno ghetto in 1942 and her experiences there, including her separation from her young child by the Nazis. She describes her deportation to a concentration camp in Estonia, the work she performed there, and the cruelty of the guards. She briefly describes her experiences in Auschwitz and Stutthof. Ms. Ygalsky describes her liberation by the Soviets in 1945 and her postwar life, including her business trading goods on the black market in Danzig (Gdansk), as well as emigration to the United States.

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Preferred citation:

Eva Dimond Ygalsky oral history interview - OHP.8728, Tauber Holocaust Library, JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California

Location of this collection:
JFCS Holocaust Center
2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115, US
Contact:
(415) 449-3717
HolocaustCenter@jfcs.org
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