Overview
- Interview Summary
- Greta "Kay" Kadden, born in the Alsace region of Germany, discusses her escape with her family from Nazi Germany in 1937 and arrival in the United States. In the second file, she reads a letter from her cousin Anna Bluthe (née Becker) who writes about conditions in Germany in 1939 in the months following Kristallnacht.
- Interviewee
- Mrs. Greta K. Kadden
- Interviewer
- Henry Felt
- Date
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Recorded:
2015 October 23
Recorded: 2018 April 14
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Felt and the Kadden family
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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2 digital files.
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- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
- Copyright Holder
- Henry Felt
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Kristallnacht, 1938. Antisemitism--Germany. Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jews, German--United States. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration. United States--Emigration and immigration. Alsace (France) France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Personal Name
- Kadden, Greta Kay. Bluthe, Anna. Bluthe, Leo.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Henry Felt, on behalf of the Kadden family, donated his interview with Greta "Kay" Kadden to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 2018.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:45:11
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