Henry Konstam Oral History
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Dublin Core
Title
Henry Konstam Oral History
Description
An interview with Henry Konstam, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Born in Lódz, Poland, Henry Konstam and his five siblings were deported to the Lódz ghetto in 1940. In the ghetto, Henry volunteered to go to a labor camp in Gronow where he remained for two and a half years until he was sent to a labor camp in Posen. From Posen, Henry was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later to Jaworzno. In the last days of the war, Henry survived a march from Jaworzno to Dachau before escaping into the surrounding woods. After crawling to a nearby farm for food, he was captured and imprisoned in a German jail until the end of the war that occurred a few days later. Henry was reunited, after the war, with his only surviving family members, his brother and sister
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Bolkosky, Sidney M
Interviewee
Konstam, Henry
Date Recorded
1999-01-01
Collection
Citation
“Henry Konstam Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1245.