Oral history interview with Lee Edwards

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2020.169.20 | RG Number: RG-90.141.0020

Overview

Interview Summary: Lee Edwards (née Liesel Carlebach), born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1923, discusses her experiences as a young girl during the rise of the Nazi Party; her memories of Kristallnacht; fleeing Germany on the Kindertransport; and the fate of her family members during the Holocaust.
Interviewee: Lee Edwards
Interviewer: Avi Kumar
Date: interview: 2021
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Avi Kumar

Physical Details

Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : WAV.

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Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust survivors--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish families--Germany. Jewish refugees--Great Britain. Jews--Germany. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Kristallnacht, 1938. Women--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany.
Geographic Name: Great Britain--Emigration and immigration. United States--Emigration and immigration. Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Izbica Lubelska (Poland)
Personal Name: Edwards, Lee, 1923-
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Avi Kumar donated his interview with Lee Edwards to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2021. The Kindertransport Association coordinated the production of the interview.
Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-01-05 13:10:18
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