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Oral history interview with Henry Cohen

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.A.0130 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0362

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    Oral history interview with Henry Cohen

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Henry Cohen, born in 1922 in New York City, NY, describes growing up in a family of Jewish immigrants; receiving a master’s degree in city planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; enlisting in the United States Army in 1944 and fighting with the infantry during the German campaign; his appointment as the director of the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany in January of 1946; leading the camp until July 1946; and returning to the United States to teach at the City College of New York.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Henry Cohen
    Interviewer
    Katie Davis
    Date
    interview:  1996 April 23
    Geography
    creation: Washington (D.C.)

    Physical Details

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

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Cohen, Henry, 1922-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Katie Davis, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Henry Cohen on April 23, 1996 in Washington, DC.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:02:21
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