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Oral history interview with Charles Siegman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.181 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0477

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    Oral history interview with Charles Siegman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Charles Siegman (né Jechiel Sigmann), born in 1935 in Scheveningen, Hague, Netherlands, discusses his childhood; how anti-Jewish laws in the Netherlands after the German occupation impacted him; the decision for his family to separate and go to different hiding places; his placement, along with his older brother and sister, in an orphanage; his parents' and eldest brothers' deportation to Westerbork and then to Auschwitz where they perished in 1943; his and his siblings' deportation to Westerbork; his experiences in the children's barrack at Westerbork; his and his siblings' deportation to Theresienstadt, where they were cared for by Malka and Paul Weinmann; the daily routine in Theresienstadt; missing the chance to escape to Switzerland; the days leading up to his liberation by Soviet troops; being found by relatives, the Bergers, who had survived in hiding in the Netherlands; he and his brother being sent to the United States to live with relatives; his sister being taken in by relatives in Switzerland; and his life in the United States.
    Interviewee
    Charles Siegman
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2003 July 24

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    7 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Siegman, Charles, 1935-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Charles Siegman on July 24, 2003. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in August 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.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:06
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