Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Date
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inclusive:
2013-2014
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bea Kandell
- Collection Creator
- Bea Kandell
- Biography
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Bea Kandell was born March 16, 1921 in Göppingen, Germany to Eugene Bernheimer and Selma Simon. She immigrated to the United States with her younger sister Anne in July 1938. She lived in Cincinnati with distant relatives before rejoining her sister in New York City. Her father was arrested during Kristallnacht and then immigrated to the United States with her mother and youngest sister Margot in 1939.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Transcripts. Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Bea Kandell
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish families--Germany. Jews--Germany--Göppingen.
- Geographic Name
- Göppingen (Germany) Cincinnati (Ohio) New York (N.Y.) United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Personal Name
- Kandell, Bea, 1921-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Bea Kandell donated the transcripts to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:43:56
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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
Oral history interview with Bea Kandell
Oral History
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.
