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OH 1146

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBEKKER, Jacob (b. 1919)
Notable infoHolocaust survivor

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1146
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHolocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in pre-war Poland; German occupation of Warsaw and the formation of Jewish labor battalions; escape to the Soviet Union; work as an electrician in Orsk, Russian S F S R.; his marriage to Pola and birth of his children, Eva (1941) and Mike (1944); return to post- war Poland and emigration to Israel; emigration to the United States.
Interviewer(s)Jennifer Anson
Physical Description50 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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