Overview
- Interviewee
- I. Betty Grebenschikoff
- Interviewer
- June Behrens
- Date
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interview:
1990 March 10
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 sound cassette (90 min.).
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- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. The interview is available only for purposes of research
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Shanghai (China)
- Personal Name
- Grebenschikoff, I. Betty (Ilse Betty), 1929-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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California State University, Fullerton
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Betty Grebenschikoff was interviewed on March 10, 1990, as part of the Old China Hands oral history project under the direction of the Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton. The Old China Hands oral history project documented the experiences of Allied civilians who were interned in China, principally in and near Shanghai, during Japan's military occupation. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a copy of the interview on September 26, 1994.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:20:19
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