Hersh, Mayer (Oral history)

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Object description

Polish Jewish school child in Lodz area during German invasion of Poland, 1939; inmate of Otoojno, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gotha, Stutthof and Theresienstadt camps, 1940-1945; emigrated to GB with 'The Boys' and resident in Calgarth, Cumbria, Aug-Oct/1945

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REEL 1

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Felt (Production company)
Avery, Trevor (recorder)
Hersh, Mayer (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 2006-12-18
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items 5, 150
Catalogue number: 30937

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