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Oral history interview with Idel Mathias

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.411 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0411

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    Oral history interview with Idel Mathias

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Idel Mathias, born in 1907 in Braila, Romania, discusses moving to Germany with his parents in 1912; the difficulty in getting German citizenship even after living and working there for years; fleeing to Shanghai, China via Italy after Kristallnacht in January 1939; arriving in Shanghai in February 1939; working as a tailor; life, conditions, and religious observances in Hongkew Ghetto; his interactions with the Japanese; his non-Jewish German girlfriend taking food to his parents in Germany; his girlfriend writing letters to him; immigrating to South America in 1947; getting married; and immigrating to the United States in 1958.
    Interviewee
    Idel Mathias
    Interviewer
    Natalie Packel
    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

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette (60 min.).

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Mathias, Idel, 1907-

    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 08:38:26
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