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Oral history interview with Carl Hammerschmidt

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.693 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0693

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    Oral history interview with Carl Hammerschmidt

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    Interview Summary
    This collection comprises one videotape with accompanying transcript of an oral history interview with Carl Hammerschmidt. The interview was conducted by Judith Backover, Peggy Poole and Judy Colligan on behalf of the Holocaust Oral History Project on Novemer 14, 1990. Carl Hammerschmidt is a Holocaust survivor.

    The interview describes Mr. Hammerschmidt's comfortable childhood and education in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Hammerschmidt recalls the rise to power of the Nazi party, the increasing antisemitism, the fear that he family felt, and his sister's immigration to South Africa in 1936. Mr. Hammerschmidt describes his experiences during Kristallnacht, the arrests of his father and his uncle, and his father's subsequent decision to leave Germany. Mr. Hammerschmidt discusses the family's difficulties in raising money so that they could leave, and their purchase of false visas to Panama. He describes the family's experiences in Panama, where they purchased and operated a coffee farm. Among the his experiences in Panama, Mr. Hammerschmidt recounts that he and his father were in an internment camp in the Canal Zone. Mr. Hammerschmidt describes the family's move to New York in 1946, and his subsequent move to San Francisco, where he settled.
    Interviewee
    Carl Hammerschmidt
    Date
    interview:  1990 November 14
    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
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Carl Hammerschmidt on November 14, 1990. 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 08:46:26
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