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Oral history interview with Robert A. Belfer

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.75 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0506

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    Oral history interview with Robert A. Belfer

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Robert A. Belfer, born in 1935 in Kraków, Poland, discusses growing up in a somewhat religious family; his father’s decision to leave Poland for business reasons right before the German invasion; his mother’s attempts to get her children out of Poland to Spain, Cuba, and finally the United States; reuniting with his father in Brooklyn and attending public school without knowing any English; studying the Holocaust; the family members who he lost during the Holocaust; meeting his wife; helping his father cope with the early death of his mother; and his grandchildren who are curious about his experiences during the war.
    Interviewee
    Robert A. Belfer
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  2006 April 20
    Credit Line
    Interview funded in part by a grant from Katharine M. and Leo S. Ullman.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    4 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Belfer, Robert A., 1935-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Robert A. Belfer in N.Y. on April 20, 2006. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in May 2006.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:16
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