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Oral history interview with Heimek Schmelz

Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.14.1 | RG Number: RG-90.119.0001

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Interviewee: Heimek Schmelz
Interviewer: Gil Perez
Date: interview: 1970
Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : WAV.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Floralove Katz

Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates.
Holocaust survivors--Canada.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jewish families.
Jews--Poland--Oswiecim.
World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
Geographic Name: Belgium--Emigration and immigration.
Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Belgium.
Berlin (Germany)
Canada--Emigration and immigration.
Montréal (Québec)
Oswiecim (Poland)
Rivesaltes (France)
Personal Name: Schmelz, Heimek, 1907-1975.
Corporate Name: Rivesaltes (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Floralove Katz donated the interview with her uncle Heimek Schmelz to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2020.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 19:54:42
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