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Oral history interview with David Keller

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.332 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0332

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    Oral history interview with David Keller

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    David Keller discusses his childhood in Jablonka, Poland; his education in a yeshiva; his work in the town of Oświęcim; the Jews in the town being forced to vacate at the time of the construction of Auschwitz concentration camp; being forced to work for Nazi occupiers building highways; his experiences in several concentration camps, including Markstadt, Funfteichen, Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Allach, and Staltach; his post-war experiences in the Feldafing displaced persons camp; his attempts to contact an uncle who lived in New York; his successful immigration with his wife to the United States in 1947; and his experiences adjusting to life in the United States and his family life and career in New York and in San Francisco.
    Interviewee
    David Keller
    Date
    interview:  2000 March 17
    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
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Keller, David.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with David Keller on March 17, 2000. 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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