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Oral history interview with Henry Gallant

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.53 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0528

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    Oral history interview with Henry Gallant

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Henry Gallant, born on October 30, 1928, in Berlin, Germany, describes his family; how life was fairly normal until the 1936 Olympics, at which point Jews were forbidden from going to certain places; his memories of Kristallnacht and the Nuremberg Laws; losing several of his friends once Hitler came to power and antisemitism was institutionalized; his journey on the S.S. St. Louis and being forced to return to Europe; traveling to Switzerland and finding a job in a hotel; being separated from his father, who was sent to the Gurs and Auschwitz camps and never seen again; staying with his mother in a small house in Le Mans, France and then moving to an unoccupied part of Nice, France once the war began; living in the attic of a Gentile home and having a small Bar Mitzvah in 1941; sneaking into Geneva, Switzerland and living with a foster family while his mother stayed in a refugee camp; attending the École d’Humanité in Switzerland; seeing American troops come into Switzerland; immigrating to the United States; and moving around the country working for various hotels.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Henry Gallant
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2009 May 11
    Credit Line
    Interview funded by grants from The Lerner Family Foundation and from Carole and Maurice Berk and the Katharine M. and Leo S. Ulman.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    6 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Gallant, Henry, 1928-
    Corporate Name
    St. Louis (Ship)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Henry Gallant on 11 May 2009. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch received the interview in May 2009.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:23
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