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Oral history interview with Alfred Freimark

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.866 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0866

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    Oral history interview with Alfred Freimark

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    Interview Summary
    Alfred Freimark, born on May 13, 1910 in Stadtlengsfeld in Wartburgkreis, Germany, discusses going to public school and being the only Jewish boy; the local synagogue; leaving Germany in 1938; not experiencing antisemitism; the small number of Nazis in Stadtelengsfeld; the political make up of Stadtelengsfeld; being banned from being a butcher master because he was Jewish; the lack of antisemitism in the town; the closing of Jewish businesses by May 1938; his father and him going to prison for insulting a Nazi officer; bribing the Nazi official to escape Germany; and going by ship November 2, 1938 to the United States. [Note that file one is the actual interview with Mr. Freimark, which is in both English and German. The second file is a recording of a reading of a transcript of the interview that has been translated completely into English.]
    Interviewee
    Alfred Freimark
    Interviewer
    Jerry Freimark
    Date
    interview:  1997 November 15
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German
    Extent
    2 sound recordings : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Freimark, Alfred, 1910-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The interview is part of Project Kabed which was produced by Jerry M. Freimark between 1997-2012 and donated to Gratz College.
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    2023-11-16 08:41:13
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