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Oral history interview with Eric Livingston

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.473 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0473

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    Oral history interview with Eric Livingston

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Eric Livingston describes his childhood in Elberfeld, Germany; his military service in World War I, where he was awarded the Iron Cross; his businesses and factories in Wuppertal; marrying in 1925; the births of his daughters in 1927 and 1933; his early impressions of Hitler and the Nazi party; the implementation of anti-Jewish laws; the effects of institutionalized antisemitism on his businesses; the increasing restrictions imposed on Jews in Germany; his business travels during this period; deciding to emigrate; the efforts he made in order to leave Germany, including selling his some of his businesses; applying for visas with his family to the United States in 1937; the events of Kristallnacht; getting arrested on November 9, 1938; being imprisoned in Dachau; getting released in December 1938; receiving his visa for the United States; his experiences in San Francisco; his financial problems; difficulties he faced in receiving his belongings; receiving assistance from the Hebrew Free Loan Association; unsuccessfully attempting to obtain a visa for his mother, who perished; the death of his mother-in-law by suicide; the fate of other family members; the fate of his factories and businesses in Germany; the final sale of the businesses; the reparations he received from the German government; his successful pest control company in San Francisco; being involved with several local charitable organizations and ventures.
    Interviewee
    Eric Livingston
    Interviewer
    Gene Ayres
    Jack Clark
    Date
    interview:  1990 December 13
    interview:  1991 February 21
    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..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Livingston, Eric.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Eric Livingston on December 13, 1990 and February 21, 1991. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 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 08:45:23
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