Overview
- Interview Summary
- Tilly Meyer, born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1912, describes her childhood; her memories of World War I; the rise of the Nazis and antisemitism; being deported to Poland in 1938 because of her Polish descent; her experiences in Poland after the Nazi invasion; her escape back to Stuttgart; and immigrating to the United States in 1940.
On the video recordings, Tilly Meyer describes meeting her husband on the boat to the United States; building her life in America; and her visit to Stuttgart in 1987. - Interviewee
- Tilly Meyer
- Date
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inclusive:
1987-2008
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Meyer
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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6 CDs.
6 DVDs.
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- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Antisemitism--Germany--Stuttgart. Escapes. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jews--Germany--Stuttgart. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Stuttgart (Germany) United States--Emigration and immigration. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
- Personal Name
- Meyer, Tilly, 1912-
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Mark Meyer donated the oral history interviews with his mother Tilly Meyer to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The interviews were recorded in July 1987 and September 4, 1993.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:17:59
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