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Oral history interview with Fred Stamm

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.549 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0549

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    Oral history interview with Fred Stamm

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Fred Stamm, born in Wrexen, Germany, discusses his prewar life; not experiencing antisemitism; the radical change after the rise of Hitler; the effects on his education; serving as an apprentice in a clothing store and as a cabinet maker till 1938 in Neheim (near Ruhr); being forced into a Jewish labor unit; his father's friend warning him to flee immediately after Kristallnacht; receiving papers from cousins to immigrate to the United States; leaving for the United States with his brother in November or December 1938; joining the US Air Force at the end of 1941; training in South Carolina; receiving American citizenship; serving in India and China during the war; and the deaths of his father, mother, and younger sister.
    Interviewee
    Fred Stamm
    Interviewer
    Dr. Nora Levin
    Date
    interview:  1980 June
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Extent
    2 sound cassettes (60 min.).

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    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Stamm, Fred.

    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 08:39:16
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