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Oral history interview with Herbert Heller

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.917 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0917

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    Oral history interview with Herbert Heller

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Herbert Heller describes his childhood in Teplice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); his assimilated family life; his family's move to Prague in 1934; his and his family's deportation to Theresienstadt (Terezin) in 1941 or 1942; his and his family's transfer to Auschwitz; conditions in the camp adn the work he performed; his escape from a death march in 1945; his return to Prague; hiding with a Czech family and removing his tattoo; the liberation of Prague in May 1945; his reunion with his mother in May 1945; their immigration to the United States in 1946; his experiences in San Francisco; his work; his marriage and family; and the fates of his other family members.
    Interviewee
    Herbert Heller
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Anne G. Saldinger
    Date
    interview:  2004 July 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
    Extent
    1 videocassette (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Herbert Heller on July 14, 2004. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in February 2005.
    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 08:47:28
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