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Oral history interview with Paul F. Halpern

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.358 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0602

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    Oral history interview with Paul F. Halpern

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    Interview Summary
    Paul Felix Halpern, born November 29, 1932 in Vienna, Austria, discusses growing up in a wealthy household; how his family only recognized high Jewish holidays; the Nazi rise to power in Austria and its effect on his family; his Catholic nanny who had to quit working for the family; his mother’s arrest and detention in a Vienna prison; how his former nanny visited and cared for his mother in prison; how his maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States in 1938 or 1939; how his grandmother arranged for him and his sister to be on the Kindertransport to England; living in Bunscourt, England and then in London; leaving England with his sister on a ship bound for the United States, but instead arriving in Montreal, Canada; how his grandparents took care of him and his sister in the United States; how he and his sister sponsored his parents immigration to Portugal and then to the United States; how his father returned to Austria, postwar, to rebuild his factory; his military service in Vietnam; how his family never spoke about their experiences during the Holocaust; his master’s degree in public relations; memories of childhood friends, including professional tennis player Renee Richards and director Mike Nichols; his close relationship with his grandchildren; his anger towards Austria and towards immigrants who speak poorly about the United States; and his views on contemporary acts of genocide.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Paul F. Halpern
    Interviewer
    Julia Danilina
    Date
    interview:  2010 October 16

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    3 digital files : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Halpern, Paul F.
    Corporate Name
    United States. Army

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Paul F. Halpern during the Kindertransport Association Conference in Arlington, VA on October 16, 2010. The interview was transferred to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:49
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