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Oral history interview with Erika Reiss Kinel

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0309

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    Oral history interview with Erika Reiss Kinel

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    Interview Summary
    Erika Reiss Kinel, born on July 1, 1926 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), describes growing up as an only child in a fairly religious family; being thrown out of her house by the Germans on the Thursday before Good Friday in 1941 and then having to wear a star when outside; fleeing to Ljubljana-Bežigrad, Slovenia in January 1942; moving in 1943 to Mombercelli, Italy, where they were classified as civilian internees of war for 16 months; traveling in 1944 to Empoli, Italy, where she and her family lived in a barn; her liberation and going to a displaced persons camp in Rome; her family’s transfer to the refugee camp in Bari on October 9, 1944; and then immigrating to United States on March 14, 1949.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Erika R. Kinel
    Interviewer
    Randy M. Goldman
    Date
    interview:  1995 March 08
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Randy M. Goldman, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Erika Reiss Kinel on March 8, 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:01:59
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