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Oral history interview with Martin Diament

Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.22.1 | RG Number: RG-50.058.0001

Martin Diament discusses his family's war-time escape from Denmark and his participation in the Danish brigade that eventually liberated Copenhagen.

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Interviewee: Martin Diament
Interviewer: Mr. Stig J. Trommer
Date: interview: 2016 October
Language: English
Extent: 2 digital files.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stig Trommer

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Denmark--Personal narratives.
Jewish families--Denmark--Copenhagen.
Jewish soldiers--Denmark.
Jews--Denmark--Copenhagen.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Denmark.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Denmark.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark.
Men--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Copenhagen (Denmark)
Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Personal Name: Diament, Martin.
Corporate Name: Danish Brigade in Sweden
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Josef Stig Trommer donated his interview with Martin Diament to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2018.
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-11-16 08:09:27
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