Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1999. Rena Finder

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1999. Rena Finder
Title (alt.):
Rena Finder : 1999
Description:
Holocaust survivor Rena Finder 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. Finder, originally from Krakow, Poland, speaks about her experience as a young girl on Schindler's List. She survived the Krakow ghetto and labor in the Plaszow camp before working in Oskar Schindler's factory. She later spent three weeks in Auschwitz before being rescued by Schinder along with other "Schindler women", including her mother.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Finder, Rena, 1929-
Date:
1999
Format:
Documents
Genre:
transcripts
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Rena Finder, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1999
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Child survivor
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974
Göth, Amon, 1908-1946
Finder, Rena, 1929-
Places:
Kraków (Poland)
Brněnec (Czech Republic)
Extent:
16 pages
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20355598
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Identifier:
TLC_0113