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). Sam Offen Oral History Description An account of the resource An interview with Samuel Offen, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Sam Offen lived in Krakow, Poland. After the German invasion of 1939, Sam, his father, and his brothers, Nathan and Bernie, were recruited by the Germans as forced laborers. Nathan was sent to a nearby rock quarry to work. In 1942, Sam's mother and sister were rounded-up and deported and the three brothers and their father were sent to Plaszów. After a short time, the Offens were sent to Gusen I, a sub-camp of Mauthausen. There Sam and Nathan were separated from Bernie and their father it was the last time Sam saw his father. In 1945, Sam and Nathan were liberated by the American army. While waiting in Italy for a ship bound for Palestine, they learned of a Polish unit of the British army, based in Italy, and decided to join. Several weeks later, Bernie found his brothers and was reunited with them. In late 1946 or early 1947, Nathan and Sam went to England to be discharged, taking Bernie with them. The three brothers lived in England until 1951 when they emigrated to the United States Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1981-12-27 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Offen, Sam Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bolkosky, Sidney M