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World War, 1939-1945--Romania

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Joil (Saul) Alpern transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2009 Box 1 (09.0002-09.0044), Folder: 09.0037 - Folder 1
Identifier: 09.0037
Scope and Contents

Saul Alpern’s oral history transcript describes in detail his experiences growing up in Romania before World War II, the beginning of the war, listening to Adolf Hitler on the radio, life in labor camps, forced marches, hiding during the war, anti-Semitism, liberation, Zionist youth organizations, and his memoir.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-2009; Other: Date acquired: 02/27/2009

Joe Rendelman papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 17 (02.457-02.0486), Folder: 02.0477 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0477
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a copy of the oral history interview of Joe Rendelman who served with the 15th Air Force in Italy. He was shot down over Romania after twenty-five missions. He spent six months in a POW camp and was liberated by the Russians in 1944.

Dates: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found within 1944; Other: Date acquired: 11/19/2002; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-05-22

Seth A. McKinney collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 99.0191
Scope and Contents

Technical Sergeant Seth A. McKinney served as a flight engineer and a gunner on a B-24 Liberator stationed at Cerignola, Italy. He completed over 40 missions as a part of the 767th Bombardment Squadron, 461st Bombardment Group of the 15th Air Force.  This collection includes photographs, documents, and artifacts.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 04/19/1999