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Oral history interview with Joan Kris

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.603 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0603

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    Oral history interview with Joan Kris

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Joan Kris discusses her childhood in Berlin, Germany; her memories of increasing antisemitism after the Nazi rise to power, including being forced to change schools; observing Nazi attempts to decrease public antisemitism during the 1936 Olympic games; her father's escape from arrest after Kristallnacht in November 1938 and the forced sale of his business; the family's decision to leave Germany; the family's unsuccessful attempts to get visas to the United States, Cuba, and Egypt; their decision to go to Shanghai, China in 1939; the boat voyage and her initial impressions of Shanghai; the family's poverty; the uncomfortable conditions in Shanghai; her father's difficulties adjusting to his new economic status; and her mother's efforts to support the family; working as a governess to the family of the British Consul; her marriage in 1943; and her family's immigration to the United States in 1947.
    Interviewee
    Joan Kris
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Date
    interview:  2002 January 30
    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
    Kris, Joan.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Joan (Hannalore) Kris on January 30, 2002. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in September 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 08:45:58
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