Oral history interview with Bea Kandell
Bea Bernheimer Kandell, born March 16, 1921 in Göppingen, Germany, describes her family; her childhood in Germany before the war; the survival of all of her immediate family; her family’s social and religious activities; the rise of Nazism and the anti-Jewish propaganda, boycotts, and restrictions; immigrating to the United States with her younger sister in July 1938; her father being taken away on Kristallnacht; living in Cincinnati, Ohio with two distant relatives; corresponding with her parents; moving to New York, NY, where her sister lived; learning English; the arrival of her parents and youngest sister in 1939; and her wartime and postwar life in the United States.
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- Interviewee
- Ms. Bea Kandell
- Interviewer
- Brad Zarlin
- Date
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interview:
2013 December 10
- Language
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English
- Extent
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2 digital files : MP3.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bea Kandell
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 19:54:13
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Also in Bea Kandell collection
Consists of an audio file, with typed transcript, of an oral history interview with Bea Bernheimer Kandell, originally of Goeppingen, Germany. In the interview, which was conducted by Brad Zarlin on December 10, 2013, Ms. Kandell describes her memories of pre-war life in Germany, immigrating to the United States with her younger sister in July 1938, the arrival of her parents and youngest sister in 1939, and her wartime and post-war life in the United States. Includes a copy of a photograph of Ms. Kandell.
Date: 2013
Bea Kandell transcripts
Document
Consists of the typed transcript of an oral history interview with Bea Bernheimer Kandell, originally of Goeppingen, Germany. In the interview, which was conducted by Brad Zarlin on December 10, 2013, Ms. Kandell describes her memories of pre-war life in Germany, immigrating to the United States with her younger sister in July 1938, the arrival of her parents and youngest sister in 1939, and her wartime and post-war life in the United States. Includes a copy of a photograph of Ms. Kandell.
