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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title:
Orange
County
Holocaust
Oral
History
Project
interviews
Creator:
Orange County Holocaust Oral History Project
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.011
Physical Description:
27.2 Linear Feet
(33 boxes) and 0.5 unprocessed linear feer
Date (inclusive): 1992-1995
Abstract: This collection consists of 154 interviews conducted from 1992 to 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. 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 of the Jewish participants are Ashkenazi Jews; that is, of Yiddish-speaking, Eastern European origins. The other participants
include five members of the U.S. Army who saw the camps at the end of the war and three "rescuers" (individuals who aided
Jews in their efforts to escape the Nazis).
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection has not been processed. It may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections
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Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California, while the ADL retains all copyright to materials in the collection.
All researchers must, prior to using the collection, sign a statement that they understand this and promise not to reproduce,
translate,
abbreviate, or abridge any of the videotaped material without prior written consent from the ADL. Written quotation of excerpts
from the interviews in a class paper or unpublished thesis does not require permission. For permissions to reproduce tapes
or publish any portion of an interview, contact both the Head of Special Collections and University Archives and the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith (823 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017).
Preferred Citation
Researchers must agree to cite interviews in the collection as follows:
"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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Orange County chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), April 1994 and 2003.
Historical Background
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.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
UC Irvine recieved the interivews in two batches. The Supplemental Information guide contains summary information describing
the first batch of the 72 interviews collectively, followed by an individual abstract of each of the 72 interviews. The summary
information explains the data elements used to provide demographic information about the interviewees. Historical themes documented
in the interviews are then broken down into categories with an explanation and a list of relevant interviews relating to each
theme. Each abstract is comprised of the data elements and a descriptive summary of the interview. A glossary defines the
terminology used in the interviews and in the guide.
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Orange
County
Holocaust
Oral
History
Project
Interviews
MS-M011 Supplemental Information
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Orange
County
Holocaust
Oral
History
Project
Interviews
MS-M011 Abstracts
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Personal narratives.