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Oral history interview with Franz Fuchs

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.364 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0364

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    Oral history interview with Franz Fuchs

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Franz Fuchs, born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, describes being the younger of two sons born to a physician and a housewife; his secular family; attending school; his older brother, Fritz, escaping to France and then to Switzerland during the war; not feeling affected by Kristallnacht; restrictions on Jews being put into place; joining the Hachshara run by Young Maccabi in Germany and being assured they would get certificates to immigrate legally to Israel; their proximity to the Hitler Youth School of Gliding; immigrating to Palestine via Trieste, Italy in July 1939; joining the British Army in 1942 and being part of the transportation corps; volunteering for the British commando; operations in Yugoslavia and Albania; being posted in Egypt; his marriage and life in Palestine; and the fate of his parents.
    Interviewee
    Franz Fuchs
    Date
    interview:  2000 January 06
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    2 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Fuchs, Franz, 1923-
    Corporate Name
    Great Britain. Army

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak, project director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, coordinated the interview with Franz Fuchs on January 6, 2000. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview on August 31, 2001.
    Funding Note
    The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
    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 08:16:26
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