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Oral history interview with Heinz Kochman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.519 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0519

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    Oral history interview with Heinz Kochman
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    Interview Summary
    Heinz Kochman discusses his childhood in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) in an Orthodox Jewish community; the death of his mother in 1937; his memories of the Nazi boycott against Jewish merchants; the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938; his experiences on that night; being taken from a Jewish camp preparing youth for immigration to Palestine and arrested; the murder of one of the campers; being sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp; his experiences in the camp; his release and flight from Germany to Shanghai, China in April 1939 with his father and brother; his experiences in China; working in Tientsin (Tianjin); his brother's education in Beijing; the family's immigration to the United States in 1947; the difficulties in finding work; his marriage, family, and business career; and his return to Poland in 1987 to visit his mother's grave.
    Interviewee
    Heinz Kochman
    Interviewer
    Anne G. Saldinger
    Date
    interview:  2002 July 15
    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..

    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
    Kochman, Heinz.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Heinz Kochman on July 15, 2002. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in January 2003.
    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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    2023-06-02 08:46:22
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