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Oral history interview with Robert Kirck

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.704 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0704

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    Oral history interview with Robert Kirck
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    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Kirck's childhood in Bruchsal, Germany, early experiences with antisemitism, his schooling and early career years. He recalls an incident in 1935 when, after dining with a client's daughter, he warned by an SS officer not to associate with German women, and discusses increasing persecution against Jews in Germany. Mr. Kirck describes his emigration in 1936, followed by his parents and sister in 1938, his early difficulties living in New York and finding employment, and traveling to Houston and New Orleans where jobs were more plentiful. He discusses being drafted into the United States Army in 1941, and serving in Pennsylvania and Seattle until his medical discharge in 1943. Mr. Kirck describes his experiences with antisemitism in the United States, and his return visits to Germany in the 1960s and then in 1985, having been invited by the municipality of Bruchsal.
    Interviewee
    Robert Kirck
    Interviewer
    Ellen Szakal
    Date
    interview:  1991 August 29
    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..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    Restrictions on access. Access to this interview is restricted to onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Requests for access outside the Museum must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
    Conditions on Use
    The use of this interview is restricted. The Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties retains copyright on the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project collection. Requests for use rights must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library.

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    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Robert Kirck on August 29, 1991. 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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    2022-07-28 20:13:21
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