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Oral history interview with Erna Harding

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.320 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0320

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    Oral history interview with Erna Harding

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Erna Harding, born in 1902 in Gera, Thuringia, Germany, discusses her childhood in Gera; her family's experiences during World War I; her nursing education, specializing in pediatric intensive care; her move to Berlin from 1929-1939; her marriage; the birth of her son; her divorce; the deaths of her parents; hearing about Kristallnacht in November 1938; sending her son on a Kindertransport to London in January 1939; her escape a month later; working as a housemaid and then as a nurse in England during the war years; her successful immigration to the United States in 1947; and her life and post-experiences.
    Interviewee
    Erna Harding
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Date
    interview:  2001 April 11
    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
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Harding, Erna.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Erna Harding on April 11, 2001. 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 08:44:44
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