Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Holocaust survivor oral histories Description An account of the resource The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive exists to maintain a collection of oral testimonies of those who survived the Holocaust and make these widely accessible for educational purposes. Through interlibrary loan, the Internet and community outreach, we make the oral testimonies and transcriptions available to researchers, students and the general public. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Irving Altus Oral History Description An account of the resource An interview with Irving Altus, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Bernie Kent. Irving Altus was born in 1920 in Czekanów, Poland. He was the middle child in a family consisting of his parents and five children, all of whom perished in the Holocaust. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, the Germans arrested Irving and sent him to various labor camps throughout Europe, including one in Königsberg, Germany. In 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau and assigned to an external labor kommando approximately 50 miles from the main camp. In 1945, he participated in a forced march towards Germany, eventually ending up at Theresienstadt. He was there one day before being liberated by the Soviet army. After the war, Mr. Altus returned briefly to his hometown and then relocated to Munich, Germany. He emigrated to the United States with his wife and son in 1949 Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1982-06-02 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Altus, Irving Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kent, Bernie