Overview
- Interview Summary
- Arthur Vamos and Ruth Haack Vamos, originally of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) discuss their wartime experiences emigrating from Germany to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 and then to the United States in 1946.
- Interviewee
- Arthur Vamos
Ruth Vamos - Interviewer
- Ms. Maureen Lighthall
Mr. Fred Lighthall - Date
-
interview:
1988
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Maureen Vamos Lighthall
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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10 CDs.
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- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish businesspeople--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations. Men--Personal narratives. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Wrocław (Poland) Glasgow (Scotland) Great Britain--Emigration and immigration. United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Corporate Name
- Great Britain. Army
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Maureen Vamos Lighthall donated the oral history interview with her parents Arthur Vamos and Ruth Haack Vamos to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:28:35
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Also in Vamos family collection
Documents, correspondence, photographs and artifacts illustrating prewar German Jewish life, flight to United Kingdom and immigration to USA of Ruth Haack Vamos, Arthur Vamos, their daughter Maureen and extended family. Also included are personal oral histories recorded by the family.
Vamos family papers
Document
The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Arthur and Ruth Vamos, originally of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as they emigrated from Germany to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 and to the United States in 1946. The collection includes biographical material such as identification papers, marriage certificates, and Arthur’s British Army papers; immigration documents; correspondence; restitution paperwork; photographs; and two publications. Correspondence includes letters written to Arthur and Ruth from his parents still in Breslau, a letter from Arthur to Ruth while he was serving in the army, letters from relatives and friends sent to Arthur and Ruth, and a telegram from Ruth to Arthur announcing the birth of their daughter Maureen in 1941. Photographs include pre-war depictions of the Vamos and Haack families, wartime images of Arthur, Ruth, and Maureen in the United Kingdom, and Arthur in military uniform. The publications consist of a driving map of the British Isles and a Jewish prayer book issued to members of the British Army.
Leather pouch
Object
Oral history interview with Arthur Vamos
Oral History
