Overview
- Interview Summary
- Russell Bryant (born September 19, 1919), a World War II Veteran, served in the 94th Infantry under General Patton in the Battle of the Bulge, and was wounded on the Saars River in Germany; Erich Wolf (né Ladislav Wolfenstein, born January 17, 1926), a Hungarian Jew, served as a member of the Hungarian underground, was captured by the Gestapo in Budapest in 1944, was held prisoner in Auschwitz, Dachau, and Mühldorf concentration camps, was liberated at the train station in Tutzing, Germany on May 1, 1945, and eventually ended up at the displaced persons camp at Feldafing. Together, they tour throughout Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Israel, and record conversations with people they knew or had come into contact with during the war.
- Date
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Recorded:
1965 August
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lynne Wolf Sher
Physical Details
- Extent
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14 sound recordings.
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- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors--Family relationships. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives. Jews, Hungarian. Refugee camps--Germany. Travel. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States. Wounds and injuries.
- Geographic Name
- Athens (Greece) Balaton, Lake (Hungary) Budapest (Hungary) Feldafing (Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Germany. Hungary--History--1918-1945. Hungary. Israel. Italy. Moselle River Valley. Munich (Germany) Rome (Italy) Saar River (France and Germany) Sinz (Germany) Tel Aviv (Israel) Tutzing (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Bryant, Russell, 1919-2013. Wolf, Erich.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Lynne Sher donated the recordings of her uncle Russell Bryant and father Erich Wolf to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2018. The audio files are digitized recordings of 8mm reel-to-reel tapes made by Russell Bryant and Erich Wolf in August 1965 during their return visit to Europe for the first time since WWII.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:26:05
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