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The mission of the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project (BAHOHP) is to gather oral life histories of Holocaust survivors, liberators, rescuers, and eyewitnesses. The project is developing and maintaining a catalogue database for public use. Their goal is to provide students[1] , scholars[2],resource centers around the world, and the general public access to their archives.[3][4] [5] ...
Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ...
There are many famous Holocaust survivors who survived the Nazi genocides in Europe only to go on to achievements of great fame and notability. ...
BAHOHP seeks to counteract Holocaust denial, and believes that the alarming upsurge of hate crimes and intolerance makes the need to record these stories all the more urgent. The Oral History Project regards recorded personal testimony as a powerful antidote for Holocaust denial.[6] .[7] Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ...
A hate crime (bias crime), loosely defined, is a crime committed because of the perpetrators prejudices. ...
Intolerance is the lack of ability or willingness to tolerate something. ...
An antidote is a substance which can counteract a form of poisoning. ...
The Collection Lani Silver founded the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in l98l and was executive director from l98l to l997.[8] Since then, the project has been headed by Anne Grenn Saldinger.[9]Today, the project has some 1700 audio and video recordings of survivors, witnesses and children of survivors. In addition, the collection contains close to a thousand transcripts and other materials[10]
Interviews BAHOHP gathers a complete life story of the interviewee, focusing on details surrounding the Holocaust. The questions will vary according to the specific experiences of each individual. The interviewer is has an advanced degree in psychology or social work and experience conducting survivor interviews.[11]
BAHOHP keeps a copy of each tape and sends the master and a duplicate copy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. In addition, the interviewee is given a copy of his or her interview at the conclusion of the taping.[12] Exterior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum viewed from 14th St. ...
BAHOHP has agreed to record the memories of SPK, AK, and Warsaw Uprising veterans. The Polish community are delighted to be working with the Jewish community on this project.[13]
Examples of Oral Testimonies - Helen Farkas was born in Romania, as Helen Safa. She remembers the Hungarian occupation and growth of anti-Semitism very clearly. She was part of the death march, yet made a heroic escape. Helen married her pre-war fiance and left Romania shortly before it came under communist rule. Helen now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and spends much of her time educating about the Holocaust.[14].
- Hurst Sommer is a Holocaust survivor.[3]A German Jew, he escaped Germany with his family in 1938 to Shanghai, China, where he spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp.[15]
- Max Drimmer and Herman Shine were both born in Berlin and knew each other as small children. In 1939 they were both sent to Sachsenhausen, a concentration camp close to Berlin. Their lives remained intertwined as they survived and escaped the horrific realities of the Holocaust. [16].
- Gloria Hollander Lyon was born in 1930 in Nagy Bereg, Czechoslovakia, where her family owned a store. In 1938 Jews were forced to close all businesses. Gloria spent time in a local ghetto before being deportation to Auschwitz. While there, she was selected for the gas chamber, but escaped by jumping out of the truck . After several camps she was finally liberated. Gloria resides in San Francisco and is an active Holocaust educator. [17].
- Oskar Klausenstock was born in Ciesezin, a small town in Poland. He was 17 years old when the war started. His memories of the Holocaust are from a teenager's perspective. He tells of his experiences with such vividness and clarity. He is also a poet and has transformed many of his memories into beautiful poems. [18].
References
- ^ http://www.scu.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?month=1100&story=holocaust
- ^ http://www.scu.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?month=1100&story=holocaust
- ^ Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project[1]
- ^ http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/weblinks/index.php?content=oral_history
- ^ UK,http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/ohlinks.html
- ^ Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project[2]
- ^ http://www.history.ucsb.edu/projects/holocaust/Research/VariousPapers/MonizDeniers034.htm
- ^ http://www.odu.edu/webroot/orgs/IA/university_news.nsf/articles/04232004082700AM
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/aboutus/volnteer.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/aboutus/archive.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/aboutus/methods.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/aboutus/methods.htm
- ^ Polish Arts and Culture Foundation, http://polishculturesf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=2
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/testimonies/index.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/bulletin/archive/pdf/Spring05.pdf
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/testimonies/index.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/testimonies/index.htm
- ^ http://www.bahohp.org/testimonies/index.htm
External Links - [4] Timeline of The Holocaust (1933-1948)
- [5] Hurst Sommer
- [6] Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project, Spring 2005
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