Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Louis Slanger

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.202 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0202

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Louis Slanger
    Image

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Louis Slanger (né Ludwig Schlanger), born 1904, discusses his youth and adult years in Ujvidék, Hungary (later Yugoslavia, now Novi Sad, Serbia); his family life; his participation in sports, particularly wrestling; his education; his experiences as the Austrian wrestling champion and his participation in the 1928 Olympic Games; the antisemitism he experienced; his identity as a national champion rather than as a Jew and the benefits he received from this status; his experiences emigrating from Vienna, Austria to the United Kingdom in 1938; the work he performed; his decision to move his family to the United States after the war; his life in the US; and the fates of his other family members.
    Interviewee
    Louis R. Slanger
    Interviewer
    Alan Peters
    Date
    interview:  1993 July 07
    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
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    Restrictions on access. Access to this interview is restricted to onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Requests for access outside the Museum must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
    Conditions on Use
    The use of this interview is restricted. The Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties retains copyright on the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project collection. Requests for use rights must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Louis Slanger on July 7, 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.
    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:
    2022-07-28 20:13:12
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn508363

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us