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). Alexander Raab Oral History Description An account of the resource An interview with Alexander Raab, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Alexander Raab was born in 1933 in Jarosław, Poland. Following the German invasion in 1939, the Jews in the area were deported over the San River, into territory newly annexed by the Soviet Union. Following a brief stay in Grudek, the NKVD deported the family to Siberia. After an arduous journey, the family spent time in the cities of Sinyuga and Bodaibo. During this period, Alexander's father was sent to a labor commando, where he perished. In 1943 or 1944, the family was sent west to the city of Saratov. After the end of the war, they went to Świdnica, Poland. Alexander attempted to illegally immigrate to Palestine via a boat from Italy but the British Navy captured the ship. Interned by the British, he spent several years on the island of Cyprus and was finally successful in reaching Israel in 1948. He immigrated to America in 1962 Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 2002-06-28 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Raab, Alexander Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bolkosky, Sidney M