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Oral history interview with John Friedmann

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.29 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0029

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    Oral history interview with John Friedmann

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    John Friedmann, born on born October 19, 1913 in Vrbove, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia), describes growing up in Vienna, Austria; his apprenticeship as a salesman in a linoleum business; the German annexation of Austria; being arrested and sent to a jail in Linz, Austria in August 1938; being taken by cattle car to Dachau concentration camp; the work and various prisoners in the camp; being sent to Weimar before being transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp; his work in the camp; hangings in the camp; his mother’s attempts to write to the camp officials and get John out; being released and returning to Vienna; Kristallnacht in November 1938; going to Shanghai, China in December 1938; his mother joining him in Shanghai; working as a supervisor for the trash dumps; working for the Shanghai Bus Company; having to live in the ghetto; working for Citroën Motors; getting a job in the Toyota Company, which allowed him a pass to leave the ghetto; the arrival of American troops and being hired as a foreman in the ATC (Air Transport Command); flying to Alaska with a Jewish organization in 1949; going to Vancouver then Toronto; working for Austin Motor Company; getting married in 1950; and moving to California in December 1950.
    Interviewee
    John Friedmann
    Interviewer
    Anthony Young
    Date
    interview:  1993 April 12

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette (90 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Friedmann, John, 1913-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Anthony Young, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ID Card Project, conducted the interview with John Friedmann on April 12, 1993.
    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:
    2023-11-16 08:23:37
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