Categories of Interviewees
Emigre - A person who left Germany or German occupied countries legally (with passport, visa, etc.).
Emigre/Kindertransport - A person under age 18 who left Germany or German occupied countries through the organized "Kindertransport" (transport of children) either with or without visas or passports.
Escapee - A person who was forced to leave Germany or German occupied territory because of the antisemitic development
Eye-Witness - A non-Jewish observer of Nazi activities and atrocities.
Jewish-American Prisoner of War - A Jewish-American soldier taken prisoner during WWII.
Liberator - A person involved in the liberation of concentration, labor, extermination or detention camps.
Member of the Underground - A person who was a part of the underground movement during WWII.
OSS Agent - A person who was an agent for the U.S. Office of Special Services (the predecessor to the CIA) during WWII.
Partisan - A person who contributed to the partisan effort during WWII.
Righteous Gentile - A non-Jew who aided Jews during the Holocaust.
Survivor/Camps - A person who was confined in a ghetto or a concentration, labor, extermination or detention camp and survived.
Survivor/Escapee - A person who escaped from a concentration, labor, extermination, or detention camp, or from a ghetto, or who fled from the advancing German army, or left Germany or German occupied countries illegally.
Survivor/False Papers - A person who used false identification papers as a means for survival.
Survivor/Hidden - A person who was in hiding for a period of time during WWII.
Survivor - A person who survived the Holocaust, whose experience does not fit an above category.
U.S. Service Person - A member of the US Armed Forces during WWII who witnessed Nazi activities and atrocities.
U.S. Army Intelligence Operative (Ritchie Boys)