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Oral history interview with Edward Picciotto

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.426 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0426

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    Oral history interview with Edward Picciotto

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Picciotto's childhood in Aleppo, Syria, his experiences with antisemitism, and his education in a French school. He describes fleeing Aleppo after witnessing a murder for Haifa, Israel, his work assisting Jews escape Europe from 1932-1936, his arrest for smuggling Jews, his release, and his work with Jewish organizations. Mr. Picciotto describes moving to Kobe, Japan in 1936, then to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1938, and his experiences with antisemitism among members of the military and Nazi sympathizers in Argentina. He discusses the situation in post-World War II Argentina, the influx of Nazis fleeing Europe and attempts by Nazi supporters to hide their pro-Nazi past. Mr. Picciotto describes his moves to Milan, Italy, Mexico, England, Spain and the Phillipines before settling in San Francisco in 1959.
    Interviewee
    Edward Picciotto
    Date
    interview:  1991 October 29
    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
    4 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Picciotto, Edward.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Edward Picciotto on October 29, 1991. 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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    2023-11-16 08:45:12
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