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Title
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series
Creator
Grayzel, Frieda
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Abstract
Holocaust survivor Freida Grayzel 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. Grayzel, originally from Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, was a young child when the war began. She did forced labor in her hometown's ghetto and spent time in the Blizyn concentration camp before being transported to Auschwitz. In Auschwitz she and her cousin survived by living in a barracks with twins who underwent medical experiments; her cousin and mother also survived the camp and they were later reunited with her father.
Title
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. Frieda Grayzel. 2004
Alternative Title
Frieda Grayzel : 2004
Creator
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee (Creator)
Contributor
Grayzel, Frieda (Speaker)
Language
English
Date created
2004
Type of resource
Text
Genre
Transcripts
Format
Digital origin
reformatted digital
Abstract/Description
Holocaust survivor Freida Grayzel 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. Grayzel, originally from Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, was a young child when the war began. She did forced labor in her hometown's ghetto and spent time in the Blizyn concentration camp before being transported to Auschwitz. In Auschwitz she and her cousin survived by living in a barracks with twins who underwent medical experiments; her cousin and mother also survived the camp and they were later reunited with her father.
Notes
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Related item
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 2004
Subjects and keywords
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Kraków (Poland)
Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Treblinka (Concentration camp)
Blizyn (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Grayzel, Frieda
Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979
child survivor
ghetto
Permanent URL
Location
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections (A67) Frieda Grayzel, Location 89/4
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