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You searched for: Subject World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Remove constraint Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Digital Availability Digitized Remove constraint Digital Availability: Digitized Key Cities Munich Remove constraint Key Cities: Munich Holding Institutions United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Remove constraint Holding Institutions: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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1. Oral history interview with Uri Chanoch
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.265 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0265
Date:
interview: 1995 December 07
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 …. 47:43 His parents gave him a music education, especially opera. They celebrated Jewish holidays. 50:12 Russia enters 1938-1939. Uri shows family…
2. Oral history interview with Dov Eshel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.375 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0375
Date:
interview: 2000 April 13
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.…
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 … went to the theater, and to the Purim ball. 24:20 Dov discusses the political parties, and the winds of war. In 1938-1939, Jews in his area thought the…
3. Oral history interview with Shalom Eilati
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.351 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0351
Date:
interview: 1999 February 14
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.…
4. Oral history interview with Hella Rosenbaum
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.380 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0380
Date:
interview: 2000 October 26
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.…
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 … years old, her parents and their six children moved to Warsaw, where they experienced anti- Semitism before the war. When war began, her secular and…
5. Oral history interview with Paulina Bergman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.12 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0012
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interview: 1993 April 30
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.…
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 … Poles. In May-June, 1945, she met up with a second Jewish unit. She was reunited with the little girl and her parents. She helped the Jewish unit bring…
6. Oral history interview with Klaus D
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.34 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0034
Date:
interview: 2004 May 25
interview: 2004 June 01
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
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 … des Krieges, also im August 1939 wurden alle deutschen Studenten in Danzig in irgendeiner Weise zu irgendeiner Einheit eingezogen oder gedrängt. Und…
7. Gerda Schild Haas papers
1989.048 Box 1 Folder 16 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 1989.048 | RG Number: RG-02.016
Date:
inclusive: 1940-1946
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 …) Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945) – Personal narratives. Jews – Germany – History – 1933‐1945. World War, 1939‐1945 – Deportations from Germany. Holocaust…
8. Oral history interview with Hilbert Margol
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.396.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0844
Date:
interview: 2015 October 20
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 … ordered to secure Schweinfurt and move on. . On April 29, 1945 they headed for Munich and were ordered to pull off to the right side of the road in a wooded…
9. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0099
Date:
interview: 2003 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
10. Oral history interview with Yitzchok Wargon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.177.8 | RG Number: RG-50.677.0008
Date:
interview: 2013 January 18
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
11. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0177
Date:
interview: 2006 March 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
12. Oral history interview with Helena Hammershmash
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.61 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0061
Date:
interview: 1991 April 21
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … account of the internment camps in Hungary for Jewish refugees from Poland. https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
13. Oral history interview with Saul Sorrin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.030.0284
Date:
interview: 1994 October 05
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 … October 11, 1994 Abstract Saul Sorrin, born on New York’s Lower East Side in 1919, had a physical exemption from World War II military service, and worked…
14. Oral history interview with Abraham Klausner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1269.12 | RG Number: RG-50.470.0012
Date:
interview: 1995 February 23
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 … survivors. 224 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:11,960 And this one is dated July, 1945. 225 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:18,800 Here as a forward, I indicated what rights…
15. Oral history interview with Howard Margol
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.397.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0845
Date:
interview: 2015 October 20
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 … had an idea of what was going on. Though Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, there was no immediate input until ’42. Howard was at a Jewish…
16. Oral history interview with Martin Gaudian
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.41 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0617
Date:
interview: 2011 February 16
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 … home; tells how his father fought for the U.S. in Germany in World War I in the trenches. He talks about his nature as an American with roots in Germany…
17. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0253
Date:
interview: 2009 May 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
18. Oral history interview with Albrecht Herold
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.98 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0098
Date:
interview: 2011 August 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
19. Oral history interview with George Pisik
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1278 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0124
Date:
interview: 1993 July 14
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
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 …, the war was winding down. And May 1945 we entered the place called Dachau, right outside of Munich. We were never told about Dachau, we were never told…
20. Oral history interview with John Komski
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1269.13 | RG Number: RG-50.470.0013
Date:
interview: 1995 February 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … know you you could travel for nothing. There was a situation right in 1945 when they conducted in ________afraid to walk into the car when they were…
21. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0349
Date:
interview: 2011 June 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
22. Oral history interview with Michael von Cranach
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.68 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0068
Date:
interview: 2010 December 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
23. Oral history interview with Albrecht Herold
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.79 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0079
Date:
interview: 2012 June 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
24. Oral history interview with Fritz Schulze
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.92 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0092
Date:
interview: 2011 July 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
25. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0218
Date:
interview: 2008 May 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
26. Oral history interview with Casper Sla
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.587 | RG Number: RG-50.570.0006
Date:
interview: 2004 May 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.…
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 … to Feldkirchen near München. There they lived in empty trains and worked on the train track everyday. March 1945 prisoners from Dachau were brought to…
27. Oral history interview with Edward Darell
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.304.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0940
Date:
interview: 2017 June 20
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … other words, 1938 01:34:38,610 --> 01:34:40,590 they survived World War II. 1939 01:34:40,590 --> 01:34:46,905 Yes, Jacques's mother was, significantly, I…
28. Oral history interview with Hans Steinbigler
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.95 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0095
Date:
interview: 2011 March 22
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
29. Oral history interview with Shlomo Kenet
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.219 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0219
Date:
interview: 1995 September 14
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Lithuania.…
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 … high school, in 1939, S went to the 'hachshara' [agricultural preparatory school prio to immigrating to Israel], in Kalish. They were going to go to…
30. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0439
Date:
interview: 2013 July 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
31. Oral history interview with Walter Taus
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.101 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0101
Date:
interview: 2012 December 20
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Czech.…
32. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0075
Date:
interview: 2002 July 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
33. Oral history interview with Sieglinde Saudmeier
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.88 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0088
Date:
interview: 2011 September 30
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
34. Oral history interview with Howard Bowman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.238.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0265
Date:
interview: 2017 November 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…
35. Oral history interview with Genia Brix
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.288 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0288
Date:
interview: 1996 August 01
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … camps, and rejected for lack of food. Bergan, Tirteim (sp?) part of Dachau (March or April 1945) 21:11 100 km. forced march to next destination. Stop at…
36. Oral history interview with Francis Roberts
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.23 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0023
Date:
interview: 1981 October
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … people who were displaced from their homes. There was lots more misery in the second world war then Korea. 1:22:49 The General talks about the media. The…
37. Oral history interview with Josef Schmid
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.91 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0091
Date:
interview: 2011 April 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
38. Oral history interview with Avraham Benesh
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.227 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0227
Date:
interview: 1995 November 02
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … 1939, he went to Prague and worked as Edelstein’s deputy in the Eretz, Israel office, dealing with visas, Youth Aliya, Hachshara, Jewish school, etc. He…
39. Oral history interview with Chaim Gurewitz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.55 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0055
Date:
interview: 1993 October 29
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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 … than 8,000 in Payost. 5.08 Gurewitz to visit Payostas where killing carried out. Gets permission to visit area, which in 1945 after war was closed area…
40. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0547
Date:
interview: 2016 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … extreme right. Here she is. And after the German Army invaded Poland in 1939, Nesse's family heard stories from relatives in Lodz that Jews were being…
41. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0139
Date:
interview: 2004 July 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
42. Oral history interview with Nesse G. Godin
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.999.0597
Date:
interview: 2017 May 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … Nesse has a circle drawn about. She's the one to your extreme left, the young child. After the German Army invaded Poland in 1939, Nesse's family heard…
43. Oral history interview with Shlomo Shafir
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.136 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0136
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 … the Jewish schools he attended because of anit-Semitism. In 1936 he moved to Kovno to study at the Jewish Gymnasium; he learned Hebrew and was influeced…
44. Oral history interview with Anton Jež
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.4.2 | RG Number: RG-50.592.0002
Date:
interview: 2009 January 31
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Slovenian.…
45. Oral history interview with Maria Seidenberger
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.67 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0067
Date:
interview: 2010 June 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
46. Oral history interview with Hans Schmid
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.90 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0090
Date:
interview: 2011 April 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.…
47. Oral history interview with Rita Weiss
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.167 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0167
Date:
interview: 1993 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 …. Father’s story, his marriages, business life and Jewish party membership. 1.32 Sept. 1940, Munich agreement and town reverts back to Hungary. Stories about…
48. Oral history interview with William Loew
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.549.01.0006
Date:
interview: 1995 December 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … liberated after 1945, April 23, 1945. It was a glorious day then and it's a great day today after so many years. Q. I want to go back just a little bit before…
49. Oral history interview with Chanan Bachrich
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.185 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0185
Date:
interview: 1994 April 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.…
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 … returned to Prague. When he was 9, he received Zionist education. -- In 1939 remembers German Jews escaping to Czechoslovakia after the surrender of the…
50. Oral history interview with Seymour Kaplan
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.177.24 | RG Number: RG-50.677.0024
Date:
interview: 2015 September 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.…