Overview
- Interviewee
- André Scheinmann
- Interviewer
- Mel Yoken
Cynthia Yoken - Date
-
interview:
1992 November 13-2012
interview: 2000
interview: 2001 April 19
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Mara Henry
Physical Details
- Extent
-
3 DVDs.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Diana Mara Henry retains copyright on the material she produced. Other material in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
- Copyright Holder
- Diana Mara Henry
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Military personnel. False certification. Translators. Resistance movements, War. Prisoners--France. Kapos--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)‐‐Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camp--Liberation. Typhus fever. Emigration and immigration--United States.
- Geographic Name
- Calais (France) Belgium--German occupation, 1940-1945. Fresnes (Val-de-Marne, France)
- Personal Name
- Scheinmann, André.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Diana Mara Henry donated the oral testimony of André Scheinmann to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013. Mel Yoken and Cynthia Yoken conducted the interviews in 1992, 2000, and 2001.
- Special Collection
-
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 09:32:58
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85372
Additional Resources
Download & Licensing
- Request Copy
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
Contact Us
Also in André Scheinmann collection
Consists of materials related to the Holocaust experiences of André Scheinmann. Born Joseph Scheinmann in 1915, André hid his Jewish identity and worked in the French Resistance and for Great Britain as a spy in France. He was arrested as a Nacht und Nebel political prisoner and was interned at the Natzweiler-Strutthof concentration camp as a kapo, and later in the Dachau concentration camp. Includes "Call Me André," a narrative written by Diana Mara Henry with the assistance of Scheinmann, several articles she wrote about his experiences, and oral history interviews with Scheinmann.
André Scheinmann papers
Document
Consists of materials related to the Holocaust experiences of André Scheinmann. Born Joseph Scheinmann in 1915, André hid his Jewish identity and worked in the French Resistance and for Great Britain as a spy in France. He was arrested as a Nacht und Nebel ("Night and Fog") political prisoner and was interned at the Natzweiler-Strutthof concentration camp as a kapo, and later in the Dachau concentration camp. Includes "Call Me André," a memoir by André Scheinmann, co-authored by Diana Mara Henry, and several articles Henry wrote about Scheinmann's experiences.
Reading of André Scheinmann's memoirs and discussion
Oral History
Recording of visit to Hochfelden
Oral History
Diana Mara Henry and her father Carl Henry visit the town of Hochfelden where they speak with Roger Weil and his mother Cora, relatives of the donor who discuss being the sole members of the Levy family to survivor the massacre at Guerry, Cher, France in August 1944.
Interviews with Natzweiler-Struthof survivors during commemoration ceremonies
Oral History
Interviews with Natzweiler-Struthof survivors during commemoration ceremonies
