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Oral history interview with Bertha Lachman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.870 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0870

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    Oral history interview with Bertha Lachman

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    Interview Summary
    Bertha Lachman (née Thalheimer), born on January 14, 1920 in Oberdorf, Germany (present day Marktoberdorf, Germany), discusses the small Jewish community in Oberdorf; attending public school and Hebrew lessons; working as an apprentice for a manufacturing company; working as a domestic employee in Jewish households; the Nazis coming to her home; the burning of a local synagogue; her parents being deported; immigrating to Scotland in June 1939 and then the United States; her parents writing they were being evacuated; and visiting Europe but avoiding Germany due to her memories.
    Interviewee
    Bertha Lachman
    Interviewer
    Jerry Freimark
    Date
    interview:  1997 June 16
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound recording : WAV.

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    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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