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Oral history interview with Henri Korb

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.849 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0849

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    Oral history interview with Henri Korb

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. Korb's childhood in Budapest, Hungary, the imprisonment of his family after World War I, and the scattering of his brothers and sisters to cities all around the world as a consequence. Mr. Korb describes his move with his mother to Strasbourg, France, where he was educated, becoming a French citizen, and his work as an engineer in Lebanon and in France. He discusses the invasion of France by Nazi Germany, conditions under occupation, his success in obtaining papers so that he could continue to work, being imprisoned for assisting in the escape of his nieces and nephews to Spain, and joining the French resistance movement, the Maquis, for the duration of the war years. Mr. Korb describes a job-related move to Canada, and his immigration to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Henri Korb
    Interviewer
    Anne F. Kaplan
    Nancy Kislin
    Date
    interview:  1996 June 05
    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
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Korb, Henri--Interviews.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Henri Korb on June 5, 1996. 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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    2023-11-16 08:47:12
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