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Oral history interview with Helen Bamber

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.443 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0482

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    Oral history interview with Helen Bamber

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Helen Bamber, born in 1925 in London, England, discusses her childhood; her father's involvement in rescuing Jews from Europe and calling attention to their plight before and during World War II; joining the Jewish Relief Unit to be able to help others in Germany after the war; her training in England and her impressions of German devastation; her work with refugees in Germany; the tension and conflicts with the local German population; her efforts to obtain permission for young refugees suffering from tuberculosis in Germany to recuperate in Switzerland; her interaction with survivors at Bergen-Belsen and their strong desire to immigrate; an accident she suffered in Germany and the agency's decision to send her back to England; her frustration at attitudes among the English on her return; her work with the Jewish Refugee Organization and the Committee for the Care of Children from Concentration Camps in England; joining Amnesty International in 1961 and helping to found the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture in 1985; and her recent testimony on behalf of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli court as part of her collaboration with Israeli and Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights.
    Interviewee
    Helen R. Bamber
    Interviewer
    Vera Frankl
    Date
    interview:  2003 December 28

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    4 sound cassettes (60 min.).

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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Bamber, Helen.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Helen Bamber on December 28, 2003. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in January 2004.
    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 08:03:07
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