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Oral history interview with Max Schwarz

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.957 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0957

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    Oral history interview with Max Schwarz

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Max Schwarz discusses his childhood in Berlin, Germany; his religious upbringing; the antisemitism he experienced beginning in 1933; the help he received from a few Germans; his arrest in October 1938, his release six weeks later, and his decision to leave for Holland in December of the same year; leaving Holland for Palestine at some point before the German invasion; his experiences on the journey, and the challenges he encountered upon arrival; his arrest by the British, his subsequent release, and his involvement with Haganah; his experiences during the war in 1947; his immigration to the United States at some later date; his life in the US; and the fates of his other family members.
    Interviewee
    Max Schwarz
    Interviewer
    R. Banczewska
    Date
    interview:  1998 September 01
    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
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Schwarz, Max.
    Corporate Name
    Haganah (Organization)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Max Schwarz on September 1, 1998. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in April 2005.
    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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    2023-11-16 08:47:43
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