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Oral history interview with Walter L. Heyman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.322 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0322

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    Oral history interview with Walter L. Heyman
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    Interview Summary
    Walter Heyman childhood in Dortmund, Westphalia, Germany; his family's flight from Germany to the Hague, Holland in 1936; his brief attendance at a boarding school in England and his return to Holland; his father's immigration to England, where he was trapped by the outbreak of war and unable to successfully bring his family, and where he died in 1943; the invasion of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the family's evacuation from the Hague; enduring antisemitic incidents; witnessing roundups and deportations; the family's forced move to Amsterdam in 1942; his brief arrest with his mother; his mother’s decision that they should go into hiding; his experiences in hiding in a home in Hamstaaden from May 1943 to May 1945, where he and his mother received help from the Dutch resistance; his post-war experiences; studying in Holland and England; immigrating to the United States in 1947 to study engineering at Columbia University in New York City; and his family life and career.
    Interviewee
    Walter L. Heyman
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Elizabeth Ryan
    Date
    interview:  1996 May 01
    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..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    Restrictions on access. Access to this interview is restricted to onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Requests for access outside the Museum must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
    Conditions on Use
    The use of this interview is restricted. The Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties retains copyright on the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project collection. Requests for use rights must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Heyman, Walter L.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Walter L. Heyman on May 1, 1996. 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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    2022-07-28 20:13:14
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