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Michael Russell is a lead web developer at USC Shoah foundation. He received a BA in French from University College London, England, and has been a software engineer in the Los Angeles area since 1983.
/ Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Inna Gogina is the archivist of the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. Prior to that, she has worked at USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education in a variety of capacities since 1999, including assistant production coordinator, historical content analyst, coordinator of international programs, and international digital education associate.
/ Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Crispin Brooks is the curator of the Institute’s Visual History Archive. He holds a M.Phil. in Russian Literature from the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies and a diploma in translation from the Chartered Institute of Linguists. His academic publications include two works on Russian avant-garde poetry; his current research interests include the Holocaust in Ukraine and the North Caucasus.
/ Wednesday, May 15, 2013
View “The USC Shoah Foundation Story,” a video about the Institute's history and its current mission at the University of Southern California.
shoah, promo / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp)(generic)Ravensbrück (Germany, Concentration Camp)Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland: Death Camp)Drancy (France: Concentration Camp)Neustadt-Glewe (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, jewish survivor, chapman, female / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Barbara Gerson
Born
May 30, 1924Warsaw, Poland
Date of Interview
December 4, 1997
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:29:15
Ghetto(s)
Czestochowa (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Tschenstochau (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)
Other experiences
full, testimony, chapman, female, Barbara Gerson, jewish survivor / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Ralph Fischer
Born
November 28, 1922Lódz, Poland
Date of Interview
February 5, 1996
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
1:14:43
Ghetto(s)
Lódz (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Mauthausen (Austria: Concentration Camp)Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland: Death Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, jewish survivor, Ralph Fischer, male / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Jack Lewin
Born
April 13, 1927Lódz, Poland
Date of Interview
January 27, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:56:35
Ghetto(s)
Lódz (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland: Death Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, male, jewish survivor, Jack Lewin / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Henry Wellner
Born
February 16, 1920Sosnowiec (Kielce), Poland
Date of Interview
November 29, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:16:41
Camp(s)
Gross Rosen (Germany: Concentration Camp)Gross Sarne (Germany: Concentration Camp)Klettendorf (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, jewish survivor, male, chapman, Henry Wellner / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Sam Steinberg
Born
September 1, 1928Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Date of Interview
March, 27, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
1:18:49
Ghetto(s)
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)Flossenbürg (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, jewish survivor, male, Sam Steinberg / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Engelina Billauer
Born
July 29, 1927Berlin, Germany
Date of Interview
March 1, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
1:30:22
Camp(s)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany: Concentration Camp)Stutthof (Danzig (FC): Concentration Camp)Goldfields (Estonia: Concentration Camp)Ereda (Estonia: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Engelina Billauer / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Paula LebovicsBornSeptember 25, 1933Ostrowiec (Kielce), PolandDate of InterviewMarch 16, 1995Location of InterviewCalifornia, U.S.A.Length of Interview3:12:50Ghetto(s)Ostrowiec (Kielce, Poland: Ghetto)Camp(s)Auschwitz II-Birkenau (Poland: Death Camp)
full, chapman, female, testimony, jewish survivor, Paula Lebovics / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Fela Gipsman
Born
September 5, 1926Bedzin, Poland
Date of Interview
October 17, 1994
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
:53:41
Camp(s)
Sosnowitz (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)Blechhammer (Germany: Concentration Camp)Schatzlar (Czechoslovakia: Concentration Camp)
Liberated by
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Fela Gipsman / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Julia Lentini
Born
April 15, 1926Eisern, Germany
Date of Interview
November 12, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
3:06:32
Camp(s)
Auschwitz ll-Birkenau (Poland: Death Camp)Schlieben (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, Roma-Sinti Survivor, gypsy, gipsy, female, Julia Lentini / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Joseph Aleksander
Born
August 3, 1923Warsaw, Poland
Date of Interview
June 23, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
1:57:03
Ghetto(s)
Warsaw, Poland
Camp(s)
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp)(generic)Buchenwald (Germany: Concentration Camp)Majdanek (Poland: Concentration Camp)
full, chapman, testimony, male, jewish survivor, Joseph Aleksander / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Gerda Klein
Born
May 8, 1924
Bielsko, Poland
Date of Interview
December 7, 1995
Location of Interview
Arizona, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
3:09:23
Ghetto(s)
Bielsko Biala (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Helmsbrechts (German: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, female, chapman, jewish survivor, gerda klein / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Richard Billauer
Born
January 1, 1925Warsaw, Poland
Date of Interview
March 1, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
:50:16
Other Experiences
Soviet exileSovkhoz (A state-owned farm in the former Soviet Union)
full, testimony, chapman, male, jewish survivor, Richard Billauer / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Renée Firestone is a survivor of the Holocaust and was among our first interviewees. She became a successful fashion designer, as well as a frequent speaker about her experiences during the war in schools, museums and other educational settings.
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Renee Firestone / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Franz Wohlfahrt
Born
January 18, 1920Velden (Unterwinklern, Carinthia), Austria
Date of Interview
April, 13, 1997
Location of Interview
Ontario, Canada
Length of Interview
3:13:24
Arrested
Yes
Camp(s)
Dieburg (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
Aid giverPrisons
full, testimony, chapman, male, jehovah's witness, Franz Wohlfahrt / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Sally RoismanBornOctober 2, 1930Sosnowiec (Kielce), PolandDate of InterviewOctober 23, 1996Location of InterviewCalifornia, U.S.A.Length of Interview1:54:05Ghetto(s)Sosnowiec (Poland: Ghetto)Camp(s)Bergen-Belsen (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Sally Roisman / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Henry Mikols
Born
August 27, 1925Poznan, Poland
Date of Interview
August 22, 2001
Location of Interview
New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:20:24
Camp(s)
Buchenwald (Germany: Concentration Camp)Ellrich (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences
Camp medical experimentsDisplaced persons camps
full, testimony, chapman, male, Henry Mikols, political prisoner / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Michael Zelon
Born
April 16, 1922Plock, Poland
Date of Interview
November 27, 1998
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:13:54
Ghetto(s)
Bodzentyn (Poland: Ghetto)Plock (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Soldau (Poland: Concentration Camp)Tschenstochau (Poland: Concentration Camp) (generic)
full, testimony, chapman, male, jewish survivor, Michael Zelon / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Hilda Eisen
Born
April 24, 1917Izbica (Lódz, Poland), Russia/Soviet Union
Date of Interview
June 18, 2001
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:09:07
Ghetto(s)
Miedzyrzec (Lublin, Poland: Ghetto)
Went into hiding
Yes
Member of underground, resistance or partisan group
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Hilda Eisen / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Frances Flumenbaum
Born
June 10, 1923Slawków, Poland
Date of Interview
February 4, 1996
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
1:24:51
Ghetto(s)
Sosnowiec (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Ludwigsdorf (Germany: Concentration Camp)Ottmuth (Germany: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Frances Flumenbaum / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Sonia Berson
Born
February 20, 1922Belchatów, Poland
Date of Interview
October 31, 1994
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:24:40
Ghetto(s)
Lódz, Poland
Camp(s)
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration Camp)(generic)Stutthof (Danzig (FC): Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Sonia Berson / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Regina Lewin
Born
October 3, 1927Bedzin, Poland
Date of Interview
January 27, 1995
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:32:06
Ghetto(s)
Bedzin (Poland: Ghetto)
Camp(s)
Dunkelthal (Czechoslovakia: Concentration Camp)Ober Altstadt (Czechoslovakia: Concentration Camp)
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, Regina Lewin / Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Biographical Information about Vladka Meed
Born
January 1, 1922Warsaw, Poland
Date of Interview
May 15, 1996
Location of Interview
California, U.S.A.
Length of Interview
2:19:46
Ghetto(s)
Warsaw, Poland
Went into hiding
Yes
Member of underground, resistance or partisan group
Yes
Other experiences
full, testimony, chapman, female, jewish survivor, vladka meed / Wednesday, May 15, 2013