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Oral history interview with Hans Mommsen

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.71 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0407

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    Oral history interview with Hans Mommsen

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Hans Mommsen, born in 1930 in Marburg, Germany, describes joining the Deutsches Jungvolk (German Youth Folk) in 1940; remaining a member of the organization for four years; his recollections of being sworn in for the Hitler Youth at an assembly with 800 boys; singing antisemitic songs in the Hitler Youth but not realizing their significance; seeing American troops enter his town on April 22, 1945; completing his doctoral work under Professor Rothfels after the war; acting as a Professor for Contemporary History at the Ruhr-University Bochum from 1968 until 1996; and currently being the Shapiro Senior Fellow in Residence at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
    Interviewee
    Hans Mommsen
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2000 April 04

    Physical Details

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

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Mommsen, Hans.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The interview with Hans Mommsen was conducted by Joan Ringelheim, Director of Oral History, on April 4, 2000, in Arlington, Va. The tapes of the interview were received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on April 6, 2000.
    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 08:02:40
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