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Oral history interview with Ilonka Melzer

Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.11.1 | RG Number: RG-90.115.0001

Ilonka Stern Melzer discusses her escape from Austria to Palestine in 1938 when she was 18 years old.

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Interviewee: Ilonka Melzer
Interviewer: Simon Melzer
Date: interview: 2004 September 07
Language: English
Extent: 1 DVD.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Simon Melzer

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jewish refugees--Palestine.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Jews--Austria--Vienna.
Jews, Austrian--Palestine.
Women--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Palestine.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
Geographic Name: Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
Vienna (Austria)
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Palestine--Emigration and immigration.
Personal Name: Melzer, Ilonka Stern, 1919-2008.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Simon Melzer donated the interview with his mother Ilonka Melzer to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2020.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-06-10 12:16:16
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