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1. Oral history interview with Harry Sydel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.557 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0557
Date:
interview: 1999 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Harry Sydel (né Seidel), born on March 6, 1930 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), discusses his family; Kristallnacht; the destruction of the…
2. Oral history interview with Lory Grunberger Cahn
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.32 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0032
Date:
interview: 1981 May 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Lory Cahn, born May 17, 1925 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes growing up in a religious home; her father, who was a lawyer; her…
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 … Libr. Catlg. #: D 810.J4 G7 no. 73 SUMMARY Lory Cahn1, nee Grünberger, was born May 17, 1925 in Breslau, Germany into a religious home. Her father was a…
3. Oral history interview with Bernard Lewkowicz
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.70 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0070
Date:
interview: 1992 June 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bernard Lewkowicz, born in 1921 in Germany, discusses his early childhood; his parents who were Orthodox and from Poland originally; baking matzos in…
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 … Resource Center here in Buffalo. Our guest is Bernie Lewkowicz. Bernie, I understand that you were born in Germany. Will you tell us a little about your…
4. Oral history interview with anonymous interviewee
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.306.182 | RG Number: RG-50.694.0182
Date:
interview: 1994 March-1994 November
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…A Holocaust survivor, born in 1925 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), discusses family; pre-war life; war experiences in Auschwitz…
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 … thinking that he'll be able to walk again. And unfortunately, all of this caused us never to get out of Germany in time. Because my father was too sick. In…
5. Oral history interview with Walter Borchheim
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.11 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0011
Date:
interview: 2010 January 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Borchheim, born in 1926 in Breslau, Germany (present day Wroclaw, Poland), describes moving to Berlin, Germany in 1932, where he saw the rise…
6. Oral history interview with Guenter Lewy
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.56.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0204
Date:
interview: 2013 March 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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 … Germany. 14 00:00:46,870 --> 00:00:50,840 Now it's called Wroclaw, and it's part of Poland. 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,130 Let's talk a little bit about…
7. Hirschfeld family papers
2012.337.1 Box 6 Folder 1 Image 5
Document | Accession Number: 2012.337.1
Date:
inclusive: 1894-1970
…Hans Hirschfeld (born Naumann Hans Horst Hirschfeld; 1919-1969) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) to Alfred (1894-1953) and Maria…
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 ….337.1 Creator: Hirschfeld family (Breslau :Germany) Extent: 2.34 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 oversize folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
8. Oral history interview with Helga H. Schuessler
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.191.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.1028
Date:
interview: 2019 May 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Helga Schuessler, born in 1921, discusses her Christian mother and Jewish father; growing up in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); and her…
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 … 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:26,570 OK. 35 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:29,690 So it is in the eastern part of Germany, 36 00:01:29,690 --> 00:01:31,715 or was in…
9. Oral history interview with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.53 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0053
Date:
interview: 1991 March 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, born in 1925 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents and her two older siblings; her educational…
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 … lessons. You were very young when war broke out. But did you have any conception as to whether or not Germany would win the war? No, I can't remember that I…
10. Oral history interview with Ilse Kaye, Robert Kaye, and Helga Franks
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.18 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0018
Date:
undated: 
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ilse Kaye (née Hoffman), born in 1921 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), describes her family history; being raised in a liberal Jewish…
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 … lived in Germany, in eastern part of area. Upper Silesia. Remembers absolutely no anti-Semitism in youth. Father in clothing manufacture. Mother with two…
11. Signed etching of a Neu Synagogue, Breslau saved by a Jewish emigre family
2013.122.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.122.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1900
Artwork Title:
Die Neue Synagoge in Breslau
…Siegfried Laboschin was a painter, engraver, and lithographer in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland.) He was born on May 23, 1868, in Gniezno, Poland…
12. Gmina Żydowska we Wrocławiu (Sygn.105)
Document | Accession Number: 2012.277 | RG Number: RG-15.244
Date:
inclusive: 1796-1944
bulk: 1852-1944
Alternate Title:
Jewish community in Wrocław
Synagogen Gemeinde zu Breslau
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first…
13. Sigmund A. Cohn papers
1996.A.0074 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 26
Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0074
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1968
…Sigmund A. Cohn (1898-1997) was born in Breslau, Germany, where he earned a law degree before working for the Department of Justice in Berlin and…
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 … materials documenting the immigration of Cohn and his wife and children, originally from Breslau, Germany, to Athens, Georgia, in 1939 and their…
14. Oral history interview with Gerald Jablon
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1263.19 | RG Number: RG-50.166.0019
Date:
interview: 1991 August 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Gerald Jablon, born in June 1906 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), discusses his childhood and family in Breslau; his experiences with…
15. Zarząd Miejski Miasta Wrocławia (Sygn.334)
Document | Accession Number: 2007.287 | RG Number: RG-15.138M
Date:
inclusive: 1945-1950
Alternate Title:
Municipal Office in Wroclaw
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Custodial History Existence and Location of Originals: The original records…
16. Oral history interview with Hurst Sommer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.533 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0533
Date:
interview: 2002 November 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hurst Sommer discusses his childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); his time in a Jewish children's home; his memories of Kristallnacht…
17. Oral history interview with Aron Grynwald
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.58 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0058
Date:
interview: 1984
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Germany. Gestapo…
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 …:01:07,340 Sometimes, this town was Germany. 20 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:10,220 Sometimes, it was Poland. 21 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:11,810 Now, it's just…
18. Naumann family papers
1999.A.0010 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 19
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0010
Date:
inclusive: 1947-circa 1998
… lives in Italy and Germany. The collection also includes a copy of the personal narrative of Albert Nothmann, a former neighbor of the Naumann family in…
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 … documenting their postwar lives in Italy and Germany. The collection also includes a copy of the personal narrative of Albert Nothmann, a former neighbor of…
19. Oral history interview with Stefanie Steinberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.962 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0962
Date:
interview: 1998 May 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Stefanie Steinberg discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); her assimilated family life; her education; listening to Hitler…
20. Oral history interview with Claus Shelling
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.736 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0736
Date:
interview: 1991 December 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Claus Shelling discusses his childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); his assimilated family life; his education in a Catholic school…
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 … is Claus Shelling, and I was born May 11th, 1929 in Germany. What was the name of the town? Breslau. And could you tell me the names of your parents…
21. Eva Hirschel family papers
2016.351.1 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 30
Document | Accession Number: 2016.351.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-2006
bulk: 1914-1975
…Hedwig Hirschel (born Hedwig Küchler) was born on 28 May 1902 in Glogau Schlesien, Germany (present-day Głogów, Poland) to Hirsch Leib and Elise (née…
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 …, her daughter Eva, her husband Max, and his son Horst in Breslau, Germany (present-day Wrocław, Poland) until 1940 and Shanghai, China from 1940-1947…
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22. Oral history interview with Marko Moskovitz
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0159.5 | RG Number: RG-50.472.0005
Date:
interview: 1946 July 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in Auschwitz; his transport from Auschwitz to work building a railroad station near Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland); his memories of Auschwitz…
23. Stefan and Frederike Deutsch family papers
1997.A.0039.1 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0039.1
Date:
inclusive: 1867-circa 1990
bulk: 1938-1942
… June 1941, Gerda gave birth to a son, Denny. Despite multiple attempts, the family was unable to emigrate from Germany. They remained in Wessig, a suburb…
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 … correspondence regarding the immigration attempts of the Deutsch family of Breslau, Germany, consisting of Stefan and Frederike (Frida) Deutsch and their children…
24. Oral history interview with Renee Tully
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.884 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0884
Date:
interview: 1991 March 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Renee Tully discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland); her subsequent experiences in Berlin, Guatemala, and France; her…
25. Oral history interview with Edith Weigert
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.653 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0653
Date:
interview: 1989 November 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Edith Weigert (née Bielschowsky), born in 1899, discusses her childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland); her marriage; the changes she…
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 …. AND WHERE IS ARMITREDDEN WHAT COUNTRY A. In Germany. Q. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN YOUR FAMILY A. had twin sister she died and my parents and I. Q. NOW…
26. Fritzler family papers
1998.104 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 2
Document | Accession Number: 1998.104
Date:
inclusive: 1923-1959
…Walter Fritzler (b. 1881) was born in Arnsberg, Germany and attended school in 1939 to become a butler. He married Agnes Ephraim (1890-1959), born in…
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 …: Fritzler (Family : Breslau, Germany) Extent: .5 linear feet (7 folders) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg…
27. Oral history interview with Hans Gottheiner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.765 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0765
Date:
interview: 2003 July 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Gottheiner discusses his childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland); his memories of Kristallnacht in November 1938, including his…
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 … when were you born and where were you born? I was born March 15, 1930 in Breslau, Germany. It is Poland now, with a different name. And what was your…
28. Oral history interview with Susanne M Batzdorff
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.394 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0394
Date:
interview: 1994 March 03
interview: 1994 April 07
interview: 1994 May 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Susanne Biberstein Batzdorff, born September 25, 1921 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), describes her childhood in Breslau; her family…
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 …/12/1994 Summary: Susanne Beeberstein Batzdorff was born September 25, 1921 in Breslau, Germany. Her immediate family consisted of a father, Hans…
29. Oral history interview with Ann Burger
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.158 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0158
Date:
interview: 1999 December 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ann Burger (née Anni Rosalie Rautenberg), born in 1920 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), discusses her childhood; her father Arthur…
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 …: Ann Burger was born Anni Rosalie Rautenberg on 01/10/20 in Breslau Germany, (now Poland). Her father’s ancestry is possibly related to Frederick the…
30. 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…
31. Oral history interview with Alfred Frenkel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.43 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0043
Date:
interview: 1992 September 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alfred Frenkel, born in 1920 in Breslau, Germany (present day Wroclaw, Poland), discusses his family and childhood; joining a Zionist Hechalutz group…
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 … tried in vain to leave Germany. Sister was sent to England. 1.23 March 1939. He went with his group to Holland to Vierengen[?] in North Holland, a place…
32. Oral history interview with Gerda Wolff
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.98 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0098
Date:
interview: 2009 December 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Gerda Wolff, born December 26, 1919 in Breslau, Germany (present day Wroclaw, Poland), describes her family; her experiences at school; her parents…
33. Oral history interview with Renee Fink
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.103.4 | RG Number: RG-50.865.0004
Date:
interview: 2006 October 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) in 1933; losing her parents to Auschwitz and the survival of her grandmother and aunt; the Nazi invasion in 1940; her family…
34. Oral history interview with Alfred Batzdorff
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.299 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0299
Date:
interview: 1994 March 03
interview: 1994 May 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alfred Batzdorff, born on February 19, 1922 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), describes his parents; his mother (maiden name Allendorf), who…
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 …,800 --> 00:04:59,060 in Germany, and my father saved his life, and all that. 51 00:04:59,060 --> 00:05:02,990 So that was great friendship. 52 00:05:02…
35. Oral history interview with Frank Cohn
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.161.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.1082
Date:
interview: 2020 June 24
interview: 2020 June 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Anti-Jewish boycotts--Germany.…
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 … Breslau, Germany, 31 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:39,000 and that town doesn't exist anymore. 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,920 It's now Wroclaw in Poland. 33 00…
36. Oral history interview with Madeline Deutsch
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.388.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0060
Date:
interview: 1990 May 14
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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 …. So when my parents heard on the radio that Germany invaded Hungary, my mother's words were quote "this is the end of us" unquote. And I can...I was…
37. Oral history interview with Renate Fischer Chernoff
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.219 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0166
Date:
interview: 2005 June 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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 … June 25th, 1929, in Breslau, Germany. Germ -- Breslau is now Polish, but it was German at that point in time. Q: Let’s talk a little bit about your…
38. Oral history interview with Ruth Zellner
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0228 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0402
Date:
interview: 1999 October 13
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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 … tell us your full name at birth? Answer: Okay. I like to talk. Like -- we -- we lived in Germany, very, very nicely in Breslau. Q: Can I get you to say…
39. Oral history interview with Mirjam Pollin
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.198.48 | RG Number: RG-50.944.0050
Date:
interview: 2018 June 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Mirjam Pollin, born in 1926 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), discusses growing up in Hamburg, Germany; her father’s unsuccessful attempts…
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 … started a regular Swedish school. - Mirjam quickly learned that it was positive to come from Germany, but to be a refugee and a Jew was negative. Later when…
40. Arnold Hartmann correspondence
2000.63 Box 1 Folder 18 Image 21
Document | Accession Number: 2000.63
Date:
inclusive: 1936-1949
…Arnold Hartmann (1878-1962) was born in Schildberg, Germany, to Solomon Hartmann and Rosalia Grabowski. The family settled in Boston, MA in 1880…
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 … Breslau cousins flee Germany during the Holocaust and either join their relatives who had already emigrated to Shanghai or South America or immigrate to…
41. Oral history interview with Lola Krause
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.88 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0088
Date:
interview: 1981 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Wasseralfingen, near Stuttgart, Germany; having another son; surviving on food packages from American relatives; immigrating in 1949 to the United States; their…
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 … borders, living in Jewish Agency camps in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland and at Waseralfinger, near Stuttgart, Germany. Another son was born and they survived…
42. Oral history interview with Adi Eisenberg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.233.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0230
Date:
interview: 2014 August 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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 … was Skala, this was already we had moved already. We moved to Skala fairly, when I was three years old, essentially. Just to get out of Germany. My…