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Oral history interview with Laura Katz

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1039 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1039

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    Oral history interview with Laura Katz
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    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Ms. Katz's childhood in Frankfurt, Germany, the increase of antisemitism after the Nazi party rose to power, and the events of Kristallnacht. Ms. Katz discusses her ambivalent relation to her Jewish identity because of the persecution she encountered. She describes her sister's move to Ireland, her later escape to England and the emigration of her mother and sister to the United States. Ms. Katz discusses working as a nurse in London, her conversion to Christianity and her subsequent disillusionment with all religion. She describes her immigration to the United States, and her return to Germany 1960.
    Interviewee
    Laura Katz
    Date
    interview:  1990 September 06
    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..

    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.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Katz, Laura--Interviews.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Laura Katz on September 6, 1990. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in July 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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    2022-07-28 20:13:27
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