Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series 1993, Janet Appelfield

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20204936
Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series. Janet Appelfield. 1993
Alternative Title:
Janet Appelfield : 1993
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee (Creator)
Contributor:
Appelfield, Janet (Speaker)
Language:
English
Date created:
1993
Type of resource:
Moving image
Genre:
Video recordings
Format:
Video
electronic
00:44:09
Digital origin:
reformatted digital
Abstract/Description:
Holocaust survivor Janet Appelfield 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. Appelfield, who was a young child living in Poland when the war began, was hidden by a Polish woman and later by her cousin who received Polish papers. When her cousin was arrested by the Gestapo, Appelfield was taken in by a another Polish family and lived on their farm, and was reunited her father after the war. She also speaks about postwar Polish anti-Semitism.
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 ; 1993
Subjects and keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Jewish ghettos
Russia
Kraków (Poland)
Appelfield, Janet
child survivor
Identifier:
TLC_0041
Permanent URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20204936
Location:
Northeastern University Library, Archives and Special Collections (A67) Janet Appelfield, Location 89/4
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