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1. Oral history interview with Sam Bankhalter
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.4 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0004
Date:
interview: 1984 August 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, Germany; getting married in Germany to another Holocaust survivor; living in Israel and helping to smuggle people in to Israel; immigrating to the United…
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 … experience in this camp, was there were a lot of Jewish people with us, kids from Germany, where they have to leave. I don’t know if you’re aware of it, but in…
2. Odenheimer family papers
2017.241.2 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 04
Document | Accession Number: 2017.241.2
Date:
inclusive: 1934-2003
…Isidor Odenheimer (1883-1940) was born in Odenheim, Germany and inherited a grocery and dry goods store from his father. He married Marie Herz (1897…
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 ….241.2 Creator: Odenheimer (Family : Odenheim, Germany) Extent: 0.5 linear foot (1 box) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul…
3. Oral history interview with Frieda Gundersheimer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.288 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0288
Date:
interview: 1983 July 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Frieda Gundersheimer (née Siegel), born on August 7, 1910 in Landau, Germany, discusses her childhood between the World Wars; studying in Geneva…
4. Oral history interview with Sara Schwimmer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.99 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0099
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Burgau (Bavaria, Germany)…
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 …. But we found out that Schwarzwald was in Germany. And they were taken to Poland, in 1940, the beginning from 1944 we knew we didn’t have any more any…
5. Oral history interview with Billy Taylor
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.481.40 | RG Number: RG-50.062.0040
Date:
interview: 1989 September 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Rhine River at Worms, Germany; taking Mannheim, Germany; coming across a training camp for German youth and a compound of imported food; being northwest…
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 … 522 field artillery and sent us north, up into France and Germany, to make the push into Germany with our artillery. And that's when we separated. And…
6. Oral history interview with Susanne DeWitt
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.969 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0969
Date:
interview: 1990 May 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sandra Dewitt describes her early life in Munich, Germany; her father's inability to practice medicine after the Nazi rise to power; the difficulties…
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 … Summary: Susanne Kalter De Witt was born in November 1934 in Munich, Germany, less than two years after Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany…
7. Oral history interview with Hans Cahnmann
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0095.12 | RG Number: RG-50.163.0012
Date:
interview: 1989 May 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Julius Cahnmann, born on January 27, 1906 in Munich, Germany, describes joining the Pathfinders Youth Movement after the Russian Revolution…
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 … used my first name Jean instead of Hans when I was in France. But not anymore. And where were you born? I was born in Munich, Germany. And what day? What…
8. Ohringer and Weil families papers
2015.203.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2015.203.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1917-1988
bulk: 1921-1957
undated: 
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Sigmund Ohringer (1912-1991) was born in Cottbus, Germany to Jakub (or Jacob, 1888-1948) and Mariem (née Ohrenstein, 1888-1976). Sigmund had three…
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 … families papers Dates: approximately 1917-1988 and undated (bulk 1921-1957) Accession number: 2015.203.1 Creator: Ohringer (Family: Cottbus, Germany…
9. Oral history interview with Werner Goldsmith
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.399.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0084
Date:
interview: 1990 June 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Werner Goldsmith, born in Erfurt, Germany on November 13, 1928, describes his family; the expulsion of Jewish children from German schools in 1938…
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 … is in what used to be the German Democratic Republic, soon to be the Reunited Germany. It's the province of Saringia (ph). Uh major city in Saringia…
10. Oral history interview with Ralph Hockley
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1205 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1205
Date:
interview: 1990 March 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…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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 … (March 7, 1990) SUMMARY Ralph Hockley was born October 17, 1935 in Karlsruhe, Germany where his parents had lived since the 1920s. Ralph recalls his family…
11. Hockenheimer, Loewenthal, Fraenkel, and Brock families papers
2016.500.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2016.500.1
Date:
inclusive: 1886-2016
bulk: 1938-1945
…Ralph Hockley was born Rudolf (Rudi or Rudy) Hockenheimer on October 17, 1925, in Karlsruhe, Germany to Julius (Jules, b. October 22, 1886 in…
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 …, and Brock families papers Dates: 1886-2016 Accession number: 2016.500.1 Creator: Hockenheimer (Family : Karlsruhe, Germany) Additional creator: Fraenkel…
12. Oral history interview with Alex Mathes
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.410 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0410
Date:
interview: 1981 September 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alex Mathes, born on May 10, 1911 in Brand (Aachen), Germany, discusses being sent to Buchenwald on Kristallnacht; his release because of a bribe…
13. Oral history interview with Anna Weiss
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0095.89 | RG Number: RG-50.163.0089
Date:
interview: 1990 November 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Anna Weiss (née Loewi), born on January 26, 1911 in Gratz, Austria, describes attending medical school in Munich, Germany in 1932; returning after…
14. Oral history interview with Don Shimazu
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.481.36 | RG Number: RG-50.062.0036
Date:
interview: 1987 December 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… the 63rd, 45th, 44th, and the 101st to assist in the Allied crossing of the Rhine; travelling through Mannheim, Germany and the Siegfried Line; entering…
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 … concentration camps in Germany. Strike that. OK, go on. https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection…
15. Lore B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1156) interviewed by Harriet Ainbinder and Judy Schwab,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1156
Author/Creator:
B., Lore, 1925-
Published:
Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1989
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…
16. Hannelore R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-362) interviewed by Chaya Roth,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-362
Author/Creator:
R., Hannelore, 1926-
Published:
Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1983
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…
17. Rudy B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1776) interviewed by Michael Alpert,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1776
Author/Creator:
B., Rudy, 1912-
Published:
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…
18. Gustave J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1594) interviewed by Ilana Abramovitch and Rayzl, Kalifowicz-Waletsky,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1594
Author/Creator:
J., Gustave, 1923-
Published:
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…
19. Jules W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4354) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4354
Author/Creator:
W., Jules, 1927-
Published:
New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…
20. Rita S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1550) interviewed by Rayzl Kalifowicz-Waletsky and Lucia Rudenberg,
Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1550
Author/Creator:
S., Rita, 1929-
Published:
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Germany.…