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Oral history interview with Johanna Liebmann and Max Liebmann

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.A.0108 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0015

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    Oral history interview with Johanna Liebmann and Max Liebmann

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Hanne Liebmann and Max Liebmann discuss their childhoods in Karlsruhe and Mannheim, Germany; their families’ hardships with the rise of Hitler; their memories from Kristallnacht; their deportation to Gurs, France; their daily life and the economic system of the camp; their release from Gurs to Le Chambon with the help of social service agencies; Hanne’s life in hiding; Max’s life at a Jewish Boy scout farm; their experience escaping to Switzerland; their experiences living in a work camp; immigrating to the United States; being diagnosed with tuberculosis; trying to survive and raise their daughter in New York City; their views on Judaism and being religious; and finding other survivors after the war and sharing their stories with school children.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Max K. Liebmann
    Ms. Johanna E. Liebmann
    Interviewer
    Joe Richmond
    Date
    interview:  1998 June 02
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    4 sound cassettes (74 min.).

    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Gurs (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Joe Richmond, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Johanna and Max Liebmann on June 2, 1998 in Queens, NY.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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:
    2022-07-28 18:28:07
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