Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Oral history interview with Gerald Gardiner

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.13 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0013

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Oral history interview with Gerald Gardiner

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Gerald Austin Gardiner (born in 1900 near Canterbury, England) describes growing up in Britain; his Protestant family background; his education at Harrow School during the first World War; his enlistment in the Coldstream Guards; being a student at Oxford University after World War I; meeting Dick Sheppard's family and becoming pacifist; volunteering for ambulance work in 1939; being a member of the Friends Ambulance Unit from 1943 to 1945; joining the unit and training in Britain; going to northwest Europe; personnel and officer status in the group; the situation in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on his arrival in 1945; the work his unit did in northwest Europe and some of its members being captured by Germans; his replacement by Michael Rowntree; the behavior of Russians; contacting the Friends organization in Germany; visiting Italy and France; and his post-war activities.
    Interviewee
    Gerald Gardiner
    Date
    interview:  1988 September 12

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette (90 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Imperial War Museum
    Provenance
    The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Gerald Gardiner from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:17:20
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn510821

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us