Overview
- Collection Summary
- Consists of one DVD containing a talk entitled "Erica Mansfield: Kindertransport to U.S.A", given by Erica Goldstein Mansfield on February 3, 2004. In the talk, Mrs. Mansfield, originally of Vienna, Austria, describes her memories and experiences as a five-year-old child on a transport to the United States in May 1939, as part of a group of children sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus and Brith Sholom. Erica's parents and younger brother were able to emigrate to the United States later that year. Also includes a short memoir written by Erica in 1997 as well as copies of her personal papers. Also includes a 2002 article by Dr. Erwin Tepper entitled "50 Children," with photographs and documents regarding Erica's transport and the other children in the group.
- Provenance
- Matthew Mansfield donated his mother Erica Goldstein Mansfield's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on October 16, 2006.
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Presentation by Erica Goldstein Mansfield
Oral History | Accession Number: 2006.399.2 | RG Number: RG-50.315.0001
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