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Oral history interview with Ann Abrams

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.388 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0388

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    Oral history interview with Ann Abrams

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ann Abrams (née Hertha Fromme), born November 17, 1913 in Hamburg, Germany, describes her childhood in Hamburg, Germany; her parents, William and Hanchen Fromme; pre-war antisemitism; Kristallnacht; her father's arrest and the Aryanization of his pharmaceutical business; her mother's disappearance during Kristallnacht and never hearing from her again; fleeing to Holland with her family; living in Holland for two years; getting married; moving to Shanghai, China in 1939; marrying her husband; daily life in Shanghai; opening businesses in Shanghai, including a tailor and dress shop as well as a jewelry store; immigrating to the United States; and settling in San Francisco, CA, where they opened a jewelry store and eventually a restaurant.
    Interviewee
    Ann Abrams
    Interviewer
    Hildegard Gattmann
    Date
    interview:  2001 October 03
    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
    Abrams, Ann, 1913-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Ann Abrams on October 3, 2001. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in October 2002.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:45:02
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