Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series. 1993. Janet Appelfield

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series. 1993. Janet Appelfield
Title (alt.):
Janet Appelfield : 1993
Description:
Holocaust survivor Janet Appelfield discusses her experiences during the Holocaust as part of the Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series held during Northeastern University's annual Holocaust Awareness Week. Appelfield, who was a young child living in Poland when the war began, was hidden by a Polish woman and later by her cousin who received Polish papers. When her cousin was arrested by the Gestapo, Appelfield was taken in by a another Polish family and lived on their farm, and was reunited her father after the war. She also speaks about postwar Polish anti-Semitism.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Appelfield, Janet
Date:
1993
Format:
Film/Video
Genre:
video recordings (physical artifacts)
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Janet Appelfield, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1993
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Child survivor
Appelfield, Janet
Places:
Russia
Kraków (Poland)
Extent:
00:44:09
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20204936
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Identifier:
TLC_0041