Item 05: Holocaust survivors from Czechoslovakia ; Peter Henry Engelman interviewed by Robyn Solomon, ca. 1990

MLOH 500/24-25

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ca. 1990

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

996799

Sound Recording : CY MLOH 500/24-25

2 sound cassettes (2 hrs.)

Peter Henry Engelman was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1924. In 1940, he and his family were forced into the Prague ghetto where they were kept until 1942. They were then transported to Theresienstadt (Terezin). Peter was sent to Auschwitz in 1944 and then to Taucha where he escaped, was captured and sent to Buchenwald. In 1945 he escaped from Buchenwald and returned to Czechoslovakia where he stayed until 1949 before emigrating to Australia.

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Log of interview available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Original Mitchell Library allocated tape number 14.

Recording of interview is undated. A form indicating Engelman's willingness to be interviewed is signed by him on 22 Aug. 1988