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Oral history interview with Ilse Awin

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.145 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0145

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    Oral history interview with Ilse Awin

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Ilse Awin (née Mechlowitz), born on December 31, 1925 in Munich, Germany, discusses the anti-Jewish laws and antisemitism in Germany in the mid-1930s; Kristallnacht; fleeing to Shanghai, China with her parents via the Victoria (ship) in August 1939; immigrating to Canada in 1949; and her husband Leo Awin.
    Interviewee
    Ilse Awin
    Interviewer
    Ellen Rofman
    Date
    interview:  1991 October 19
    Geography
    creation: Philadelphia (Pa.)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Awin, Ilse.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:36:48
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