Abstract

This paper features an oral history conversation and interview that the author had with Judah Samet who survived imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp during the Holocaust. Samet also survived a near brush with death as he was arriving to attend services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history was underway. Samet would later be a featured guest during the 2019 State of the Union Address. This paper is predominantly focused on some select larger questions posed by the author to Samet that considered aspects of these facets of Samet’s life history. Some larger reflections on the interview and The Tree of Life shooting, in particular, are also discussed.

摘要

本文以作者与犹大·萨默特（Judah Samet）的口头历史对话和访谈为特色，后者在大屠杀期间在卑尔根-贝尔森集中营（Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp）入狱后幸存。萨美特（Samet）到达美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡生命之树犹太教堂（Tree of Life Synagogue）服役时，幸免于难，因为美国历史上最致命的反犹太人袭击正在进行。沙美特后来将在2019年国情咨文演讲期间成为特色嘉宾。本文主要侧重于作者对Samet提出的一些较大的选择问题，这些问题考虑了Samet的生活史各方面。还讨论了采访和《生命之树》拍摄时的一些较大思考。