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Oral history interview with Gary Bigus

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.303 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0303

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    Oral history interview with Gary Bigus

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Gerhard "Gary" Bigus, born on October 7, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, describes his parents, who were considered stateless; his half-brother Willie; his childhood in Berlin; the clothing shop his father owned and ran; being well-informed about politics as a child; the onset of antisemitic persecution in Germany and the boycotts of the Jewish shops; his memories of Kristallnacht; the attempts of his father and family to flee Germany in 1939; procuring boat tickets to Shanghai, China; the train and boat trips to Shanghai; his life in the Japanese Quarter; his job and the living conditions there; the émigré culture of which he was a part; the death of his father; his and his mother's attempts to learn the fate of family members after the war; his immigration first to Israel in 1949 and then to the United States in 1958; and his life, family, and work in California.
    Interviewee
    Gary Bigus
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Date
    interview:  1998 May 27
    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
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Bigus, Gary.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Gary Bigus on May 27, 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 08:44:40
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