Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Leo Mittler, 1981 November 27
Oral history covers her experience as a Polish boy growing up the ghetto during WWII, as a prisoner in seven different labor and concentration camps. Also describes difficulties of adjusting to life in America and his feelings about Poland and Germany.
Oral History Interview with Miriam Miklin, 1984 October 10
Interview covers life experiences from before WWII in Poland and through her entire experience in the Holocaust. Miriam and her two sisters were the only surviving members of their family. After the war they tried to go home, stopping at a town 30km away and sensing the hostility toward them they left. Later the same evening there was a pogrom where 60 young Jewish survivors were murdered. They were too afraid to go home after that and left for Czech.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi Israel Rosenfeld, 1981 August 12
Rabbi Rosenfeld is a Czechoslovakian born Holocaust survivor. The oral history covers his pre-war and war-time experiences especially when he was interned at Auschwitz. Also talks about his post-war adjustment and resettlement, ending up in Denver, CO.
Oral History Interview with Rosi Wahl, 1984 May 2
Interview covers prewar experiences in Poland, antisemitism, and children's transport to Britain.
Oral History Interview with Solomon Schindel, 1982 December 25
Oral history covers growing up in Poland, father sold baskets and mother died when he was six. Pre-war life in Poland and his experience during the war and in concentration camps. Life after the war. Immigrated to US in 1949 through New York, shortened name from Schindelheim to Schindel. Lived in Chicago and then Denver.
Oral History Interview with Sonia Gottlieb, 1981 November 8
Oral history covers her experience during WWII as a prisoner in a Siberian labor camp. Describes the living conditions there and the isolation and lack of awareness about what was happening elsewhere. Also describes difficult of adjusting to life in America.
Oral History Interview with Szlama and Helen Bolstok, 1982 January 20
Oral history covers their experiences as Polish children pre-war, Helen in Lodz Ghetto, her deportation to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps and the Farben Factory. Szlama’s experiences in ghettos, camps, forced labor and displaced person's camp. Immigration to Denver in 1950.Adjusting to life in America.
Oral History Interview with Zesa Starr, 1982 February 15
Interview covers Zesa’s life growing up in small town in Poland. Experiences in Auschwitz. Discusses post-war feelings, leaving Europe, problems adjusting to life in America, relationships with other survivors and American born Jews, feelings toward Israel, Poland and Germany.
Organizations and Groups, 1943--1986
File contains newspaper clippings from 1943-1986 about Jewish Denver groups and organizations, including synagogues, non-profits, schools, and community groups.
Otto Isler, 1994 September 2
Otto Isler was briefly part of the Nazi army before he escaped to the United States. He then was a translater in the American army and participated in D-Day.