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Oral history interview with Marlies Plotnik

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.375 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0611

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    Oral history interview with Marlies Plotnik

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Marlies Wolf Plotnik, born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1928, discusses her childhood and family; how her father Herman Wolf was the last Jewish lawyer allowed to practice in Darmstadt; her memories of the Nazi rise to power; her non-Jewish nanny whose father had been Hermann Wolf’s orderly during World War I; how in 1936 her parents travelled to the United States to visit relatives and prepare for their eventual immigration; her memories of Kristallnacht in Darmstadt; her father’s arrest and later release; how she still owns a carbon-copy of a list of valuables her family owned before the war; traveling in 1939 with her entire family on the Queen Mary to New York City, NY; settling on the Upper West Side; her father’s disappointment at not being able to provide for his family; attending Barnard; her brother Paul’s enlistment in the US Army and participation in the second Normandy landing; meeting her future husband, Gene Plotnik; and having her sons’ surname legally changed to “Potter” in 1973 to prevent them from suffering antisemitism.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Marlies Plotnik
    Interviewer
    Peggy Frankston
    Date
    interview:  2010 August 19

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    3 digital files : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Plotnik, Marlies, 1928-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Peggy Frankston, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Marlies Plotnik in Hartsdale, NY on August 19, 2010. The interview was transferred to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:52
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