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Oral history interview with Erna Wertheim

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.536 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0536

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    Oral history interview with Erna Wertheim

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Erna Wertheim (née Lehrburger), born on January 26, 1907 in Munich, Germany, discusses her childhood in Munich; her memories of the Nazi movement in the 1920s; her experiences of anti-Jewish restrictions after the Nazis rose to power in 1933; her marriage in 1934; the birth of her daughter in 1935; her family's immigration to San Francisco, CA in 1936; her life and experiences after her immigration; her parents' experiences in Germany, including her father's arrest after Kristallnacht; and her parents’ escape from Germany in 1939.
    Interviewee
    Erna Wertheim
    Date
    interview:  2002 July 22
    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
    Wertheim, Erna.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Erna Wertheim on July 22, 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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    2023-11-16 08:45:38
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