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Oral history interview with Lorie Bellak

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.300 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0300

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    Oral history interview with Lorie Bellak

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Lorie Bellak, born March 17, 1929 in Ratibor, Germany (Raciborz, Poland), describes her childhood in Ratibor; the growing antisemitism she experienced; her memories of Kristallnacht; her father's arrest and imprisonment in Buchenwald; her family's decision to leave Germany; their sea journey to Shanghai, China; her first impressions of Shanghai; her experiences in the Hong Kew ghetto; her experiences with the Jewish community there; her memories of attacks by United States airplanes; meeting her husband; working at the US Army post exchange after the war ended; immigrating to the United States in 1948 with her husband; and her family life in Cleveland, OH and San Francisco, CA.
    Interviewee
    Lorie Bellak
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Anne G. Saldinger
    Date
    interview:  1998 July 08
    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
    Bellak, Lorie.
    Corporate Name
    United States. Army

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Lorie Bellak on July 8, 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 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 08:44:39
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