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Oral history interview with Herbert Salzer

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.928 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0928

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    Oral history interview with Herbert Salzer

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Herbert Salzer describes his childhood in Vienna, Austria; his assimilated family life; the changes he experienced following the Anschluss in 1938; his family's decision to immigrate after Kristallnacht; leaving Vienna for Brussels, Belgium in March 1939; his reunion with his parents in 1940; his arrest on his way to France due to improper paperwork; his experiences during six months in a French labor camp; his release and journey to Nice; his journey to Havana, Cuba; acquiring the documents necessary to enter the United States; traveling with his mother to New Orleans and New York City; and his life in America during and after the war.
    Interviewee
    Herbert Salzer
    Interviewer
    Hildegard Gattmann
    Anne G. Saldinger
    Date
    interview:  2004 May 24
    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 Salzer on May 24, 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 08:47:32
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