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Oral history interview with Lori Shearn

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.257 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0257

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    Oral history interview with Lori Shearn

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Lori Shearn discusses her childhood in Vienna, Austria; her family life; the changes she experienced after the Anschluss in March 1938; the increased antisemitism and the effects of the new anti-Jewish laws; her experiences during Kristallnacht and her family's efforts to leave Austria after that night; her journey to England in January 1939; her foster family; adapting to her new life; the destinations of other family members; life during the Blitz; evacuating to the countryside; her reunion with her family in New York, NY in November 1940; the journey to the United States; her experiences in the US; and her life after the war.
    Interviewee
    Lori Shearn
    Date
    interview:  1994 January 10
    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
    Shearn, Lori.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Lori Shearn on January 10, 1994. 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.
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    2023-11-16 08:44:29
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