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Oral history interview with John Kaufmann

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.413 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0413

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    Oral history interview with John Kaufmann
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    Interview Summary
    John Kaufmann describes his childhood in Vienna, Austria; his Jewish mother and Catholic father's marriage; his lack of religious upbringing early in life; his baptism in 1934; his memories of the Anschluss in March 1938; the changes he experienced in school; leaving Germany for England on a Kindertransport; going to a Catholic school in Edinburgh, Scotland; his voyage to the United States on the S.S. Samaria; being drafted into the United States Navy; and his wartime experiences in Japan.
    Interviewee
    John Kaufmann
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Date
    interview:  1998 April 08
    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
    Kaufmann, John.
    Corporate Name
    United States. Navy

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with John Kaufmann on April 8, 1998. 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.
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    2023-08-28 07:46:50
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