Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee Archives

Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series. Ben Jacobs. 1993

Ben Jacobs : 1993

Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee (Creator)

Jacobs, Benjamin, 1919-2004 (Speaker)

English

1993

Moving image

Video recordings

Video

reformatted digital

Holocaust survivor Ben Jacobs 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. Jacobs, originally from Poland, was a young dental student when he was deported to a labor camp. In 1943 he was sent to Auschwitz and, after surviving the death march, spent time in Buchenwald and other camps, including one on a ship. His dental skills enabled him to survive.

Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Significant portions of this video are inaudible.

Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1993

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Poland
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Jacobs, Benjamin, 1919-2004
ghetto

TLC_0038

Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections (A67) Rena Chernoff and Ben Jacobs, Location 89/4

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