Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1994. Rena Greenup

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1994. Rena Greenup
Title (alt.):
Rena Greenup : 1994
Description:
Holocaust survivor Rena Greenup 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. Greenup, a Sepharic Jew originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, was a child when the war began. Her family moved to Athens and were hidden in the basement of a Greek family before trying to escape by boat to Palestine via Turkey. After being caught by the Nazis, the family was imprisoned on an island and Greenup was sent to live with a family of German sympathizers; she and her parents survived the war.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Greenup, Rena
Date:
1994
Format:
Documents
Genre:
transcripts
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Hersch Altman, Rena Greenup, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1994
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Moudros (Greece)
Child survivor
Greenup, Rena
Places:
Thessalonikē (Greece)
Athens (Greece)
Limnos (Greece : Municipality)
Extent:
10 pages
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20372763
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Identifier:
TLC_0045