Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection, 1983-1985

Summary

Creators:

Traister Moskovitz, Sarah, PhD

Abstract:

The Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Sarah Traister Moskovitz as part of her research on the experience of childhood during the Holocaust. The testimonies consist of video recordings documenting experiences in hiding, escaping persecution, incarceration in ghettos, labor camps, and concentration camps. Interviewees speak about their childhoods in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Concentration camp survivors speak about their experiences in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Gross Rosen, Mauthausen, Ravensbruck, Salzwedel, Terezin (Theresienstadt), Transnistria camps, and Westerbork. Transcripts are available for select interviews.

Extent:

10.2 Gigabytes

Language:

English .

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Background

Acquisition information:

Sarah Traister Moskovitz, 1991

Processing information:

Mallory Furnier, 2021

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Additional collection guides:

The oral history interviews are also listed in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies database.

Alternative form available:

Interviews and transcripts for most interviews in this collection are available electronically as a part of the Digital Collection Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Audiovisual materials

Restrictions:

Interviews in this collection are open for research use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

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Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Special Collections

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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