Overview
- Interview Summary
- Fred Lorber, born November 23, 1923 in Vienna, Austria, discusses his father’s arrest and imprisonment in Dachau in 1938; how his family was able to get his father out of Dachau in 1939; immigrating to the United States with this parents in November 1939; settling in New York City, NY and attending Seward Park High School; graduating in 1942 and being drafted into the United States Army while attending The City College of New York in March 1943; being stationed in North Africa after infantry basic training; proceeding to southern Italy and continuing northward until the German forces surrendered in 1945; his transfer to US forces in Austria under the command of Gen. Mark Clark; and being one of the first GIs to enter Vienna.
- Interviewee
- Fred Lorber
- Interviewer
- Ken Winber
- Date
-
interview:
2010 April 27
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ken Winber
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
-
1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Ken Winber
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--United States--Personal narratives. Holocaust survivors--United States. Jewish refugees--United States. Jews--Austria--Vienna. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--North Africa. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Africa, North. Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Italy. New York (N.Y.) United States--Emigration and immigration. Vienna (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Lorber, Fred, 1923-
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army United States. Army. Army, 5th
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ken Winber donated his April 27, 2010 interview with Fred Lorber to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch in January 2012. The interview is part of a longer documentary film on Mr. Lober, produced by Ken Winber's Cabin 17 Productions.
- Special Collection
-
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:26:33
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44561
Download & Licensing
- Request Copy
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
