Louis Kaye Oral History

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Louis Kaye Oral History

Description

An interview with Louis Kaye, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Arthur Kirsch. Louis Kaye was born in WĹ‚oszczowa, Poland in 1925. When the war broke out, Louis amd his family were moved into a ghetto where they lived until his parents and most of siblings were sent to Treblinka while Louis and two of his brothers were sent to Skarzysko. Louis worked in an ammunitions factory for two years until he was sent to Czestochowa, Buchenwald, and finally Dora-Nordhausen where he was liberated April 11, 1945. Several years after liberation, Louis immigrated to the United States and in 1969, built a monument in the United States to memorialize his family and his birth city

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Interviewer

Kirsch, Arthur

Interviewee

Kaye, Louis

Date Recorded

1983-05-09

Citation

“Louis Kaye Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 22, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1241.

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