Guide to the Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection

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Title: Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection

Creator: Traister Moskovitz, Sarah, PhD

Identifier/Call Number: SC.CSJH

Physical Description: 10.2 Gigabytes

Date (inclusive): 1983-1985

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.

Language of Material: English.

Electronic Format

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.

Conditions Governing Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sarah Traister Moskovitz, 1991

Preferred Citation

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.

Processing Information

Mallory Furnier, 2021

Other Finding Aids

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

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiovisual materials

Digital Folder

Beim, Adele, 1983 October 26

Scope and Contents

Born in Bussom, Holland in 1937 and hid in Laren, Netherlands from age 4 to 7.

Digital Folder

Bravin, Shawn

Scope and Contents

Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1940 and hid from age 2 to 7 in the Vilna, Lithuania area.

Digital Folder

Brettler, Eva, 1984 February 28

Scope and Contents

Born 1936 in Cluj, Romania and survived Ravensbruck and Bergen-Belsen.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the interview is closed until January 1, 2037.

Digital Folder

Daniels, Peter

Scope and Contents

Born 1936 in Berlin, Germany and incarcerated at Terezin (Theresienstadt).

Digital Folder

Dembitzer, Amalie

Scope and Contents

Born in Amsterdam, Holland and went into hiding in Belgium from the age of 2 to 6.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the interview is closed until January 1, 2037. After this date the interview will be available for viewing by researchers at California State University, Northridge.

Digital Folder

Gold, Natalie

Scope and Contents

Born in Radzimin, Poland in 1940 and hid in a Catholic convent from the age of 18 months to 5 years.

Digital Folder

Guttman, Joe

Scope and Contents

Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1937 and survived in Red Cross protected area in Buda.

Digital Folder

Hill, Gertrude

Scope and Contents

Born 1933 in Transylvania and survived Auschwitz, Salzwedel, and Bergen-Belsen.

Digital Folder

Hoffman, Ed

Scope and Contents

Born 1929 in the Carpathian Mountains in Czechoslovakia and survived Auschwitz, Dyhernfurth, Funfteichen, Tarnow, Dachau, and Ebensee.

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Krell, Robert, 1984 May 7

Scope and Contents

Born 1940 in Amsterdam and hid from age 1 to 5.

Conditions Governing Access

Interview can only be viewed by researchers at California State University, Northridge.

Digital Folder

Laub, Dori

Scope and Contents

Born 1937 in Cernauti, Romania. Lived in hiding and incarcerated in camps from 1942-1944, including Transnistria camp.

Digital Folder

Leventhal, Beba

Scope and Contents

Born 1929 in Vilna, Poland. In hiding and incarcerated in camps from age 14-19 in Vilna Ghetto, Kaiserwald Torun, and Stutthoff.

Digital Folder

Lewack-Miller, Daisy

Scope and Contents

Born 1938 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Croatia) and hid in Italy.

Conditions Governing Access

Interview can only be viewed in the Library at California State University, Northridge.

Digital Folder

Oliner, Sam

Scope and Contents

Born in 1930 in Poland and incarcerated in Bolewa ghetto before escaping and passing as a Catholic.

Digital Folder

Perlberger, Martin

Scope and Contents

Born in 1928 in Amsterdam and incarcerated in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen from age 12 to 17.

Conditions Governing Access

Interview can only be viewed by researchers at California State University, Northridge.

Digital Folder

Radziner, Alex

Scope and Contents

Born in 1932 in Amsterdam and hid in Friesland from age 9 to 13.

Digital Folder

Rieder, Helen

Scope and Contents

Born in 1929 in Czechoslovakia and survived Auschwitz, Horneburg, and Falesbeiben.

Digital Folder

Sauvage, Pierre

Scope and Contents

Born in 1944 in hiding in the Huguenot village of Le Chambon, France.

Digital Folder

Schwartz, Dana, 1983 July 15

Scope and Contents

Born in 1935 in Lvov, Poland and hid in Lvov and Zaklikow.

Digital Folder

Shomer, Elizabeth, 1985 April 10

Scope and Contents

Born 1938 in Paris and hid in France.

Digital Folder

Silten, Gabriele

Scope and Contents

Born 1933 in Berlin, emigrated to Amsterdam, and incarcerated at Westerbork and Terezin (Theresienstadt).

Digital Folder

Slucki, Henry

Scope and Contents

Born in 1934 in Paris, lived in southern France, escaped to Spain, and put on children's transport to the United States.

Digital Folder

Springer, Judith

Scope and Contents

Born 1932 in Krakow, Poland. Escaped to Siberia, Pakistan, Tehran, and Israel as part of group known as the Tehran Children.