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Finding Aid for the Guide to the Orange County Holocaust Oral History Project Interviews 2022.003.h.r
2022.003.h.r
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Contributing Institution:
Oskar Schindler Archives
Title: Orange County Holocaust History Project Interview collection
Creator:
Jack Pariser
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.003.h.r
Physical Description:
10.13 Linear Feet
Date (bulk): 1992-1995
Abstract: This collection consists of 154 oral history interviews conducted from 1992-1995 with residents of Orange County, California,
who experienced the Holocaust. The interviews are the result of a project coordinated by Jack Pariser under the sponsorship
of the Orange County Chapter of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
Language of Material:
English
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This collection consists of 154 interviews conducted from 1992 to 1995 with Orange County, California residents who experienced
the Holocaust. The interviews result from a project coordinated by Jack Pariser under the sponsorship of the Orange County
Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Most interviewees are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Their experiences
during the World War II-era include forced and voluntary emigration, death camps, forced labor and hiding. Almost all Jewish
participants are Ashkenazi Jews, that is, of Yiddish-speaking, Eastern European origins.
In the early 1990s, Jack Pariser, a Polish survivor of the Holocaust who resides in Orange County, California, initiated a
project to conduct oral history interviews with residents of Orange County who experienced the Holocaust. He received the
organizational support of the Orange County chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith (ADL) for the project. The
ADL identified participants from the community, obtained and trained interviewers, conducted preliminary interviews with participants
by phone, and solicited donations to help support the project. The ADL also supervised the videotaped interviews, which took
place between April 1992 and April 1995, using recording services provided by Chapman University. The ADL wanted the tapes
to be housed in an Orange County research facility and subsequently donated them to the UCI Libraries at the University of
California, Irvine.
Interview participants in the Orange Country Holocaust Oral History Project were located through publicity in the local media
and by word of mouth in local Jewish communities. The interviewers were all volunteers from the community, many of whom heard
of the project in its formative stages. They received training in conducting oral history interviews from a consultant of
the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Museum also was the source of the questions posed to interviewees. In addition
to depositing tapes at UCI, the Orange County Holocaust Oral History Project is sending a duplicate set to the U.S. Holocaust
Museum.
This collection provides information restrictions due to the nature of the information in the materials imposed by the repository.
Please speak with the Archivist.
This collection identifies with restrictions on reproductions due to copyright and restrictions on further use of the material
being described, such as publications, after access has been provided. Please speak with the Archivist.
The University of California Irvine holds the copyright to this collection. Please see their preferred citation.
"Videotape interview of [first name and last initial of interviewee] by Holocaust Oral History Project of the Anti Defamation
League. Copyright 202_, Anti-Defamation League." [Insert copyright date of the particular interview being cited.]
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal Narratives
World War (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Oral history.