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Oral history interview with Martin Becker

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.539 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0539

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    Oral history interview with Martin Becker

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Martin Becker discusses his childhood in Łódź, Poland; his attendance at the American University in Cairo, Egypt; his move to the United States to attend Carleton College in Northfield, MN; his separation from his father and two brothers, who remained in Poland and later perished in Treblinka; his mother’s visit from Poland in 1939 and her inability to return; his military service in the United States Army, where he received intelligence training at Camp Ritchie, MD; his experiences as a liberator of Dachau concentration camp; being an interrogator of German war crimes suspects; his encounter with Nissei combat troops at Dachau; reflecting on the role of the Kapos during the Holocaust and the genocide in Yugoslavia.
    Interviewee
    Martin Becker
    Interviewer
    Sandra Bendayan
    Date
    interview:  1993 May 24
    interview:  1993 July 14
    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 (Hi8) : sound, color ; 8mm.

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Becker, Martin.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Martin Becker on May 24 and July 14, 1993. 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 08:45:39
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