Reference Type: Aggregated Database
Record Number: 147
Author: Linda Kuzmack
Year: 1991
Title: Oral history interview with Stefan Moise
Date Accessed: 25.09.2014
Type of Work: video recording
Short Title: Oral history interview with Stefan Moise
Keywords: Roma Minority, Holocaust survivors, Oral History
Abstract: Stefan Moise, born in Iasi, Romania on January 30, 1923, describes his family and childhood growing up as a Roma; learning the violin and playing it in taverns for a living until the war began, at which point he had difficulties finding jobs; getting married in February 1942 and having to take care of his sister after his parents died; getting rounded up with his wife and sister and transported to Petrosani, where conditions were horrible, and many people died of starvation or disease; organizing a form of leadership within the group of prisoners to survive at Petrosani; escaping with some friends to a nearby town, where he was able clean himself up and get a job as a violinist; attempting to return to Iasi but getting caught by a guard on a train checking identification cards; escaping from the guard and making his way to Iasi, where he met his father-in-law; getting caught again, sent to jail, and forced into military service in 1944; being freed from military service on January 1, 1947; the death of his sister because of dysentery; and being hired by the Moldavian philharmonic orchestra in 1950 and performing with them until 1970.
Notes: transcript of interview available
URL: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504667
Database Provider: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
Language: Romanian, English