Daryn Eller manages the Institute’s institutional media collection and participates in cataloging the Visual History Archive testimonies. She previously worked as a magazine and book writer, has an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, and a masters in library and information science from San Jose State University.
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Zachary Goode fulfills most filming and editing requests that come to ITS.  He also helps oversee the digitization and quality control of new collections. He received his M.F.A in Film Production from the Chapman University.
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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.
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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for Visual History and Education in a variety of capacities since 1999, including assistant production coordinator, historical content analyst, coordinator of international programs, and international digital education associate.
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BALTIMORE, MARYLANDEchoes and Reflections, a groundbreaking multimedia curriculum on the Holocaust, has been honored for its use of visual history testimony and its educat
echoes and reflections, curriculum, yad vashem, adl, anti-defamation league, education / Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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

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