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Oral history interview with Fred Friedman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.338.23 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0023

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    Oral history interview with Fred Friedman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Fred Friedman, born in 1926 in Salzburg, Austria, describes his parents and younger sister; attending school; the German take over in March 1938; the restrictions placed on Jews; his father getting a permit to go to Switzerland; being smuggled out with his sister and his mother being smuggled out later; living in central France for a year and attending school; experiencing antisemitism; war breaking out and the deportations to camps; leaving France in 1941 and going to Madrid, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal before traveling separately to the United States; his interest in history; wanting to enlist but having to wait until he was 18 years old; attending New York University after the war; attending law school; visiting Salzburg and learning that not many of his relatives survived; getting married in Buffalo; talking to his children about the Holocaust; and his belief that citizens must be active in their government.
    Interviewee
    Fred Friedman
    Interviewer
    Mrs. Toby Back

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Friedman, Fred, 1926-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with Fred Friedman with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.
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    2023-11-16 08:08:18
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