Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript 1995, Rena Chernoff

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Title:

Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. Rena Chernoff. 1995

Alternative Title:

Rena Chernoff : 1995

Creator:

Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee (Creator)

Contributor:

Chernoff, Rena (Speaker)

Language:

English

Date created:

1995

Type of resource:

Text

Genre:

Transcripts

Format:

electronic
12 pages

Digital origin:

reformatted digital

Abstract/Description:

Holocaust survivor Rena Chernoff 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. Chernoff, born in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, was a young child when the war began. After being deported from hometown's ghetto and doing forced labor with her parents in the Blizyn concentration camp, she was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. In Auschwitz-Birkenau, she and her cousin survived by living in a barracks with twins who underwent medical experiments and she was later reunited with her mother. Her cousin, Frieda Grayzel, also spoke multiple times as part of the Backstrom lecture series.

Notes:

Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."

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