Oral history interview with David Phillips

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2020.169.4 | RG Number: RG-90.141.0004

Overview

Interview Summary: David Phillips discusses his father Jeffrey Phillips' Holocaust experiences.
Interviewee: David Phillips
Interviewer: Avi Kumar
Date: interview: 2020 September
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Avi Kumar

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Language: English
Extent: 1 digital file : WAV.

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Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Germany. Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany. Kindertransport (Rescue operations)--Great Britain--Biography. Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Rīga.
Geographic Name: Dortmund (Germany)
Personal Name: Phillips, David. Phillips, Jeffrey.
Corporate Name: Great Britain. Army Stutthof (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Avi Kumar donated his interview with David Phillips to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2021.
Special Collection: The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-11-16 10:08:10
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