| Interviewee | SCHIFF, William P. (b. 1918) |
| Professions | Businessman |
| Notable info | Holocaust survivor |
| Interview ID # | OH 0872 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Businessman, Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Family background; youth in Krakow, Poland; prewar anti-Semitism; reaction to German invasion; forced-labor battalions; formation of Krakow Ghetto; ghetto life; smuggling activities; transports to concentration camps and deportation of parents in July, 1942; his marriage in the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; liquidation of Krakow Ghetto; deportation to Plaszów Concentration Camp; separation from wife, September, 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; medical experiments; survival techniques in Auschwitz; evacuation from Auschwitz, January, 1945; internment at Gross-Rosen; transfer to Buchenwald; liberation by American troops; reunion with his wife in Krakow; emigration to United States, 1949; lasting effects of Holocaust. |
| Interviewer(s) | Keith Rosen |
| Physical Description | 160 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
