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Oral history interview with Kurt Gronowski

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.163 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0163

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    Oral history interview with Kurt Gronowski

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Kurt Gronowski, born on July 16, 1923 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood in Berlin; the antisemitism he experienced; the destruction of his family's business during Kristallnacht, November 1938; the family's escape to Shanghai, China; his experiences while on board the ship from Italy; the family's arrival in Shanghai and the assistance they received from the Jewish community; life in the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai; conditions during the Japanese occupation; the improvement of conditions after the war ended; immigrating to the United States; the difficulties he encountered while living in Indiana; and settling in San Francisco, where he became a successful businessman.
    Interviewee
    Kurt Gronowski
    Interviewer
    Ruth D. White
    Hilde Guttman
    Date
    interview:  1999 December 14
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Gronowski, Kurt.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Kurt Gronowski on December 14, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 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 08:44:06
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