Overview
- Interview Summary
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Ms. Bea Kandell
- Interviewer
- Brad Zarlin
- Date
-
interview:
2013 December 10
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bea Kandell
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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2 digital files : MP3.
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- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Americanization. Anti-Jewish boycotts--Germany. Anti-Jewish propaganda. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish families--Germany. Jews--Germany--Göppingen. Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Jews--Persecutions--Germany. Jews--Social life and customs. Kristallnacht, 1938. World War, 1939-1945--German Americans. Women--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Cincinnati (Ohio) Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945. Göppingen (Germany) New York (N.Y.) United States--Emigration and immigration. Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Personal Name
- Kandell, Bea, 1921-
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Bea Kandell donated her oral testimony to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014. Brad Zarlin conducted the interview on December 10, 2013.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:32:12
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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.
