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Oral history interview with Miriam Michaelis Skopf

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.494 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0494

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    Oral history interview with Miriam Michaelis Skopf

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Miriam Michaelis Skopf, born in 1928, discusses her childhood in Dusseldorf, Germany; her education; her family life; her experiences during Kristallnacht, and her family's decision in December 1938 to send her and her sister on a transport to Holland; her time in a Jewish children's home; her reunion with her mother and other sister in May 1939 and her experiences as a passenger on the St. Louis; the journey on the ship; the time spent waiting in the Cuban harbor; other passengers' reaction to the news that they were returning to Europe; her experiences while interned in a camp in Holland; her mother's attempts to emigrate with Ms. Skopf and her sisters; their eventual deportation to Bergen-Belsen; arriving in the camp; her experiences there; the poor conditions; the work she performed in a silk factory; her liberation with her sisters in 1945; discovering her father's location through the Red Cross; their reunion with him in the United States; her life in the US; her work life; the family she raised; and the way she copes with her experiences.
    Interviewee
    Miriam M. Skopf
    Date
    interview:  1989 April 02
    interview:  1989 November 16
    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
    Skopf, Miriam Michaelis.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Miriam Michaelis Skopf on April 2, 1989 and November 16, 1989. 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.
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    2023-11-16 08:45:27
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