Overview
- Interviewee
- Mr. Fred Manasse
- Interviewer
- Nicolas Oulman
- Date
-
interview:
2015 April 06
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nicolas Oulman on behalf of Paulo de Sousa, Mauricio Valente Ribeiro, and Ukbar Filmes
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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videorecording : MOV.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Ukbar filmes
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish refugees--Portugal.
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Manasse, Fred.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Nicolas Oulman, director of the documentary film "Under the Sky," on behalf of producers Paulo de Sousa and Mauricio Valente Ribeiro of Ukbar filmes, donated the interviews produced for the film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2018.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Special Collection
-
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-11-16 08:21:50
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