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Oral history interview with Hans Gerson

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.687 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0687

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    Oral history interview with Hans Gerson

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Hans Gerson discusses his childhood in Hamburg, Germany; the assimilated nature of his family; his attendance at a liberal school; the lack of antisemitism until Hitler's rise to power in 1933; his decision to become an architect; having to leave Germany for London in 1934 in order to pursue his studies; his initial internment at the Isle of Man; being advised to move to Bristol in order to improve his English; his return to London after three years; meeting and marrying a fellow German emigre; working as an architect during the war years; the immigration of the rest of his family to the United States in 1939; his immigration with his wife in 1946 to New York; their relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area; and his career as an architect.
    Interviewee
    Hans Gerson
    Interviewer
    Gail Moscoso
    Simon Levine
    Date
    interview:  1996 February 08
    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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    Conditions on Access
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Gerson, Hans.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Hans Gerson on February 8, 1996. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in July 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 08:46:24
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