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Title
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series
Creator
Matzner, Joseph
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Abstract
Holocaust survivor Joseph Matzner 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. Matzner, a teenager in Poland when the war began, did forced labor in the Tarnow ghetto before being sent to the Plaszow labor camp. He was later sent to Auschwitz and, after surviving the death march, to the Gross-Rosen and Dachau camps.
Title
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. Joseph Matzner. 1999
Alternative Title
Joseph Matzner : 1999
Creator
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee (Creator)
Contributor
Matzner, Joseph (Speaker)
Language
English
Date created
1999
Type of resource
Text
Genre
Transcripts
Format
Digital origin
reformatted digital
Abstract/Description
Holocaust survivor Joseph Matzner 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.
Matzner, a teenager in Poland when the war began, did forced labor in the Tarnow ghetto before being sent
to the Plaszow labor camp.
He was later sent to Auschwitz and, after surviving the death march, to the Gross-Rosen
and Dachau camps.
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 ; 1999
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 1999
Subjects and keywords
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Tutzing (Germany)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Göth, Amon, 1908-1946
Matzner, Joseph
ghetto
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland)
Tutzing (Germany)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Göth, Amon, 1908-1946
Matzner, Joseph
ghetto
Identifier
TLC_0118
Permanent URL
Location
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections (A67) Joseph Matzner, Location 89/4
Archives and Special Collections (A67) Joseph Matzner, Location 89/4
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