Leo Liffman Oral History

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Title

Leo Liffman Oral History

Description

An interview with Leo Liffman, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan--Dearborn. Leo Liffman was born and raised in Wiesbaden, Germany. He relates his experiences with anti-Semitism as a child and young adult during the closing years of the Weimar Republic and the early Hitler years. He was arrested during Kristallnacht and imprisoned for several weeks at Buchenwald concentration camp. He left Germany in 1939, leaving his parents behind, and was the only member of his family to survive the war

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Interviewer

Bolkosky, Sidney M

Interviewee

Liffman, Leo

Date Recorded

1985-05-15

Citation

“Leo Liffman Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1251.

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