Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1998. Max Michelson

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 1998. Max Michelson
Title (alt.):
Max Michelson : 1998
Description:
Holocaust survivor Max Michelson 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. Michelson, orginally from Riga, Latvia, gives an overview of the Holocaust in Riga and particularly highlights the role of local population in the violence there. A teenager at the start of the war, Michelson did forced labor in the ghetto in Riga and avoided the Rumbula and Bikernieki forest massacres. He later spent time in the Kaiserwald and Stutthof concentration camps and in a camp in Magdeburg, Germany.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Michelson, Max, 1924-
Date:
1998
Format:
Documents
Genre:
transcripts
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Max Michelson, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1998
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Rumbula Massacre, Rumbula, Latvia, 1941
Biķernieki forest
Pērkonkrusts (Organization)
Kaiserwald (Concentration camp)
Stutthof (Concentration camp)
Michelson, Max, 1924-
Places:
Rīga (Latvia)
Gdańsk (Poland)
Magdeburg (Germany)
Extent:
14 pages
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20355595
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."