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Oral history interview with Irma Benjamin

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.795 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0795

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    Oral history interview with Irma Benjamin
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    Interview Summary
    In the interview, Mrs. Benjamin describes her life in Breslau, Germany, including her childhood, marriage and her three daughters; the rise to power of Nazi Germany in 1933 and her and her husband's conviction that they would be safe only in Palestine; their fact-finding trips to Palestine; sale of their business and eventual immigration to Palestine in 1938. Mrs. Benjamin describes life in Palestine, her husband's death in 1949, and her move to the United States in 1950. Mrs. Benjamin was granted permission to stay in the United States because a senator from Montana - name not included in the interview - arranged for a Bill in Congress to permit it. Her youngest daughter later joined her.
    Interviewee
    Irma Benjamin
    Interviewer
    Gail Moscoso
    Simon Levine
    Date
    interview:  1989 November 02
    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..

    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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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Irma Benjamin on November 2, 1989. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in December 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 20:13:22
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