Overview
- Interview Summary
- Rainer Küchenmeister describes his childhood in Berlin, Germany during the Weimar Republic; events during the war; his time in a work camp; and his participation in the Berlin-based resistance group which the Nazis labeled as "Red Orchestra;" and becoming an accomplished painter.
- Interviewee
- Rainer Küchenmeister
- Interviewer
- Eurydice Küchenmeister
- Date
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interview:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eurydice Küchenmeister
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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15 digital file : WAV.
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Germany--Berlin. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany) Italy.
- Personal Name
- Küchenmeister, Rainer.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Eurydice Küchenmeister donated the oral history interview with her father Rainer Küchenmeister to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 18, 2014.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:31:39
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