Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1997. Edgar Krasa

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1997. Edgar Krasa
Title (alt.):
Edgar Krasa : 1997
Description:
Holocaust survivor Edgar Krasa discusses his experiences during the Holocaust as part of the Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series held during Northeastern University's annual Holocaust Awareness Week. Krasa, who grew up in the Sudetenland, became part of the construction commando that readied Theresienstadt for Jewish inmates and was later sent to Auschwitz. He speaks about the conditions in the camps, his experience of forced labor, and how he escaped the death march from Auschwitz.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Krasa, Edgar
Date:
1997
Format:
Documents
Genre:
transcripts
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Edgar Krasa, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1997
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Krasa, Edgar
Places:
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Sudetenland (Reichsgau)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Extent:
11 pages
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20337624
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Identifier:
TLC_0084