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RG-02.002 American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Collection, 1940–1983
(bulk 1983)
This collection contains numerous testimonies and memoirs written at the behest of the
United States Holocaust Memorial Council during the American Gathering of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors convention in April 1983.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust
Survivors.
Languages: English, Yiddish, Polish, Hebrew, and Ukrainian
32 folders
RG-02.003 Transcript of Richard Glazar Interview, 1981
This collection contains a transcribed copy of oral testimony given by Richard Glazar. He
devotes a major part of the testimony to his experiences in the Treblinka concentration
camp and describes the administration of the camp, the various nationalities of the
prisoners, the method of gassing prisoners and incineration of corpses, the formation of
the orchestra, and the burning of the camp after the uprising.
Provenance: The transcript of the Glazar interview was compiled from two audiotapes in
the Yaffa Eliach Collection (OH 81-21-SU, RG 758) at the Center for Holocaust Studies
in Brooklyn, New York.
Languages: English
0.5 linear inches
RG-02.004 ―Reborn: Memoirs of a Camp Survivor‖ by Kay Gundel, 1947
Kay Gundel‘s testimony describes in great detail the persecution of Jews living in Berlin,
Germany, just prior to World War II, but the greater portion of the text is devoted to the
graphic description of Gundel‘s imprisonment at Terezin, Auschwitz, and Merzdorf. The
last part of the testimony relates to Gundel‘s return to life in Germany and her eventual
emigration to the United States. Also included with the testimony are several letters
written to the Berthold family of Wilmersdorf, Germany. The letters describe Gundel‘s
voyage from Germany to the United States and her adjustment to life in New York City.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Dr. Max Rothchild.
Languages: English
1 linear inch