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Oral history interview with Fred Kirschner

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.705 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0705

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    Oral history interview with Fred Kirschner

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Kirschner's childhood and adolesence in Frankfurt, Germany, his arrest on November 10, 1938 with his father, their internment in Buchenwald concentration camp until January 1939, and his experiences there. Mr. Kirschner describes his release on condition of immediate emigration, his departure for England and his family joining him there later that year. He discusses their life in England and their immigration to the United States five years later.
    Interviewee
    Fred Kirschner
    Interviewer
    Mrs. Toby Back
    Date
    interview:  1995 July 07
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Kirschner, Fred.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Fred Kirschner on July 7, 1995. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in July 2003.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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