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1. Oral history interview with Walter Schnell
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0323 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0206
Date:
interview: 1989 June 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Schnell, born on April 16, 1904 in Strehlen, Germany (Strzelin, Poland), describes his family and childhood; going to study crystal and…
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 … Schnell. And I was born on April 16, 1904. Q: OK. Where? A: In Strehlen. This is Silesia...is the province of Silesia in Germany. Q: Thank you. A: You…
2. Oral history interview with Ernest G. Heppner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0315 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0095
Date:
interview: 1989 May 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest G. Heppner, born in 1921 in Germany, describes his experiences with antisemitism in his youth; participating in a Jewish youth organization…
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 …. Christkiller and especially, you see in Germany, the profession of your father follows you. So any time you started a new class and the teacher would call the…
3. Oral history interview with Martin Moses
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.85 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0085
Date:
interview: 1988 June 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Martin Moses, born on February 5, 1928 in Deutsch Krone, Germany (now Walcz, Poland), describes his family history in Deutsch Krone; his first memory…
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 … Skokie, Illinois. We're going to begin our interview with Mr. Moses with some information about his early years in Germany. Mr. Moses, can you begin by…
4. Peter and Berta Victor papers
1990.114.74 Box 1 Folder 27 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 1990.114.74
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1991
…Peter Max Victor was born in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 1920, the only child of Carl Nathan and Elsa Alexander Victor. Carl was born in Gusten on…
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 …, Peter’s relatives, their pre-war lives in Germany and Austria, Peter’s time in Shanghai, and their immigration to the United States. https://collections…
5. Oral history interview with Felicia Broh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.6 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0006
Date:
interview: 1983 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Faigel Broh (nee Pinchas), born May 13, 1904 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents; her family’s religious practices as…
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 …'s fine. Faigel yeah. When were you born? May 13, 1904. In what town and country were you born? I was born in Germany. The town was Breslau. And that was…
6. John and Harriet Isaack papers
1992.53.45 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1992.53.45
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1991
… costume seamstress Harriet Bondy (1909-2003), born in Hohenlimburg to Hermann and Olga Bondy. The couple married in 1937 and left Germany for Shanghai…
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 … documenting the Isaack’s escape from Germany, life in occupied Shanghai, and immigration to the United States. Languages: English, German, Chinese…
7. William Malsh papers
1994.A.0027.1 Box 1 Folder 28 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0027.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-circa 1993
bulk: 1937-1941
… sources differ as to whether they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939.…
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 … William Malsh papers consist of letters his parents sent him from Düsseldorf describing their efforts to escape Nazi Germany. Additional correspondence…
8. Oral history interview with Willie Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.45 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0045
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Willei Nowak, born August 1, 1908 in Berlin, Germany, describes his family of liberal, Austrian Jews; his father, who owned a tobacco factory in…
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 …, side one: JF: Mr. Nowak, can you tell me where and when you were born, and a little bit about your childhood? WN: 1st of August, 1908, in Berlin, Germany…
9. Oral history interview with Walter Silberstein
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.69 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0069
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09
interview: 1981 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Silberstein, born November 9, 1902 in Stargard, Germany (Poland), describes being the son of the only rabbi serving around Stargard; studying…
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 … Stettin. Today it is Polish. JF: At that time it was Germany? WS: Yes. JF: Can you tell me a little bit about your family? WS: My father was a rabbi in…
10. Oral history interview with Rose Lesser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.377 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0377
Date:
interview: 1989 September 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Rose Lesser (née Markus), born on April 10, 1924 in Breslau, Germany, discusses life in Shanghai, China from 1939 to 1947.…
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 … restrictions 1 vol. (unpaged) English SUMMARY Rose Lesser, née Markus, was born April 10, 1924 in Breslau, Germany. Her mother died when she was three weeks old…
11. Oral history interview with Else Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.440 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0440
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Else Nowak (née Schroepel), born on June 25, 1902 in Dresden, Germany, discusses her wealthy, assimilated family; her schooling in Berlin, Germany…
12. Oral history interview with Willie Nowak
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.441 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0441
Date:
interview: 1981 February 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Willie Nowak, born on August 1, 1908 in Berlin, Germany, discusses experiencing antisemitism in school; being a member of Reichsbanner (a Social…
13. Rolf Preuss papers
1999.A.0076 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0076
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1999
bulk: 1939-1947
…Rolf Preuss was born in 1936 in Berlin to furrier Adolf Preuss (1910-1963) and Frieda Luft Preuss (1910-1950). The family left Germany in 1939 for…
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 … Adolf and Frieda Preuss’s family members to escape Germany for Shanghai. Genealogical materials include family trees and a photocopy of Adolf Preuss…
14. Oral history interview with Hans J. Arons
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.658 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0658
Date:
interview: 1990 August 23
interview: 1991 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Arons discusses his youth and young adulthood in Hannover, Germany; his education; the antisemitism he experienced before the war; the…
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 …, Germany. In what year? September 1, 1914. 1914. And tell me, what did your father do? My father, he was a lawyer-- attorney or a lawyer in Germany. And how…
15. Oral history interview with Ellen Stern
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.740 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0740
Date:
interview: 1990 June 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ellen Stern discusses her childhood in Cologne, Germany; her assimilated family; her early education in a Catholic school; the changes she…
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 … June 3, '24 in Cologne, Germany. And can you tell me a little bit about your parents. Well, my parents were quote, unquote, "old Germans" and have lived…
16. Oral history interview with Paul Richards
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.783 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0783
Date:
interview: 1990 May 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interviews describe Mr. Richards's childhood in Schenklengsfeld, Germany; his arrest in Soest, Germany after the events of of Kristallnacht on…
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 …Bachofen originally, my grandfather changed it. What was it originally? Bachofen. Also comes from Germany. My name was-- my name was Richheimer. I…
17. Oral history interview with Walter Frank
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.816 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0816
Date:
interview: 1990 May 15
interview: 1990 June 14
interview: 1990 July 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Frank was born Walter Fackenheim in May 1920 in Wiesbaden, Germany. His father was a physician and his mother was a homemaker. Mr. Frank was…
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 … West Germany. It's near Frankfurt. My father was a physician, what was then called a [GERMAN]. Today, it'd be an internist, a family physician. And two…
18. Oral history interview with Ernie Glaser
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1191 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1191
Date:
interview: 1984 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernie Glaser discusses his childhood in Berlin, Germany; his first memories of changes under the Nazi regime with the passage of the Nuremberg Laws…
19. Hans Praschkauer papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.398.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-2002
…Heinz Praschkauer (later Hans, 1919-2004) was born in Oels, Germany (now Oleśnica, Poland), to Georg (later George, 1878-1956) and Babetha (later…
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 …, writings, and printed material relating to Hans Praschkauer and his family’s pre-war life in Breslau, Germany (currently Wrocław, Poland) and their…
20. Oral history interview with Hans Dreyer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.214.13 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0013
Date:
interview: 1980 February 12-1981 August 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Dreyer, born April 21, 1912 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood and education; his apprenticeship as a fur sorter and buyer and…