| Title: |
Shari Weiss
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Michigan, Dearborn. Mardigian Library
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| Collection: |
Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
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| Description: |
Shari Weiss was born in Harina, a small village in Romania. When she was eight or nine, Shari went to live with an aunt and uncle in Cluj where she stayed until 1944 when the Germans occupied Hungary. In May 1944 they were transported to Auschwitz after staying at a transit camp in a brick factory for three weeks. Shari describes her life at Auschwitz where she and her aunt stayed for about five months before they were taken to a labor camp in Altenburg, Germany. She worked in a factory until April 1945 when the inmates were marched out of the camp. Shari and her aunt were liberated by the American army two days later. Shari's uncle did not survive the war.
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| URL: |
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/weiss/
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Weiss, Shari
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Romania; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Document date: |
17-Apr-1985
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| Interviewer: |
Bolkosky, Sidney
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| Organizations discussed: |
Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland, 1940-1945; Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 1940-1945; Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 1937-1945; Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 1933-1945; National Socialist German Workers Party, Germany
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| Historical events discussed: |
Holocaust, 1938-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Asia; Austria; Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Czech Republic; Europe; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; North America; North Holland, Netherlands; Pest, Hungary; Poland; Romania; Russia; Ukraine; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Asia; Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland, 1940-1945; Austria; Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 1940-1945; Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 1937-1945; Budapest, Pest, Hungary; Concentration camps; Czech Republic; Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, 1933-1945; Europe; Germany; Holocaust, 1938-1945; Hungary; Jewish ghettos; Jews--United States; Labor camps; National Socialist German Workers Party, Germany; Netherlands; North America; North Holland, Netherlands; Oral history; Pest, Hungary; Poland; Romania; Russia; Ukraine; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025204-27046
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