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Oral history interview with Blanche Hall

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.353 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0591

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    Oral history interview with Blanche Hall

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Blanche Hall (née Katzenstein), born March 2, 1913 in Schlüchtern, Germany, discusses her parents Hermann and Gutta Katsenstein; her mother’s death in 1933; her brother Ludwig Katsentein; how her father was a salesman and her mother was a business owner; her memories of World War I and her fear of soldiers; her early education; the Jewish community in Schlüchtern, Germany; how many of her childhood friends were gentiles; her work as a nanny; how she and her father moved to Frankfurt, Germany because the Nazis wanted to arrest her father; her marriage in 1935 to Justin Halle who was from Darmstadt, Germany; moving with her husband to Darmstadt, Germany; their immigration to the United States in 1936; how she and her husband sponsored nearly 90 people who emigrated from Europe and came to the United States; how her father-in-law’s sister was married to Congressman Bloom, and he helped supply affidavits to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States; various jobs she held in the United States; and her life in the United States.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Blanche Hall
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2010 October 15

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 digital file : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Hall, Blanche, 1913-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ina Navazelskis, Program Coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Blanche Hall on October 15, 2010. The interview was transferred to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:45
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