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Oral history interview with Günther Jakob

Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.423.0016

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Interviewee: Günther Jakob
Interviewer: James P. Kelley
Date: interview: 1985 July 12
Language: English
German
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James P. Kelley

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Holocaust survivors--Germany.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Germany.
Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Protestant churches--Germany--History--20th century.
Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.
Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Geographic Name: Germany--Religion--1933-1945.
Personal Name: Jakob, Günther.
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
Corporate Name: Bekennende Kirche
Holder of Originals: Bagby Videotape Archives of Early Christian Resisters of the Hitler Regime
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The interview with Günther Jakob was conducted on July 12, 1985 by Dr. James Kelley in Fürstenwalde, Germany and is part of the Bagby Videotape Archives of Early Christian Resisters to the Hitler Regime. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview from Dr. Kelley on May 29, 1996.
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Any use of this interview in publication or other form must credit copyright to the Bagby Videotape Archives of Early Christian Resisters to the Hitler Regime
Copyright Holder: Bagby Videotape Archives of Early Christian Resisters of the Hitler Regime
: Record last modified: 2023-11-16 08:31:26
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