Oral history with Zalamans Kuršāns, 2008 June 26 (excerpt)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- He retells memories about the Jewish community in Smiltene, Latvia. During the Nazi German occupation period Zalamans was arrested together with other Jews. He remembers forced labour in Smiltene. He recalls memories about his parents who were executed during the Holocaust. He escaped to Rīga but had to perform forced labour. He describes life and work in the “Riga – Kaiserwald” concentration camp. Zalamans was transferred to Dundaga. He again describes forced labour work and also communication with locals in Dundaga. He escaped from the camp in Dundaga, and hid in a forest for a year until the end of the WW2.
Description
Type of resource | moving image |
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Form | videocassette |
Extent | 2 MiniDV tapes |
Place | Latvia |
Date created | June 26, 2008 |
Language | Latvian; English |
Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Broadcast standard | PAL |
Sound content | sound |
Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | Kuršāns, Zālamans, 1923- | |
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Interviewer | Feldmanis, Andrejs Edvīns |
Subjects
Subject | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Latvia |
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Subject | Jews, Latvian > History > 20th century |
Genre | Filmed interviews |
Bibliographic information
Note | Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries in 2015. |
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Note | Latvian with English subtitles |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/jm867nv1183 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- A digital use copy of the digitized files, except for ten edited videos that have been made accessible to the world through SearchWorks, is available in the Special Collections Reading Room for authorized researchers. Content is made available for research purposes only. For permission to access or reproduce, please send a written request to mol-access@lists.stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- Copyright © Occupation Museum Association of Latvia / Latvijas Okupācijas muzeja biedrība. All rights reserved.
Collection
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia audiovisual archive, 1994-2014
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