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Witsches Schmidmayer, Erna, 1923-

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1, 1984-2021

 File — Box B452.01.0001: Series B452.01 [Barcode: U186023293460]
Identifier: B452.01.0001
Abstract

This box contains oral history interviews on DVD. The interviews are with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family.

Dates: 1984-2021

Erna Witsches Schmidmayer: A Holocaust Story from Kindertransport to Pioneer in Israel, 2016-09-16

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0003
Abstract

Oral history interview with Erna Witsches Schmidmayer.

Erna, born in Odessa, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland); escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport to London, England in 1939; and her immigration to Palestine in 1946.

Dates: 2016-09-16

Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos

 Collection
Identifier: B452
Abstract This collection details the Grünfeld Heimann family Holocaust stories. Kurt Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann married in 1938 and took a train with family to Shanghai in 1940 to escape Nazi violence. They survived in the Shanghai Ghetto alongside thousands of other European Jewish refugees until they were able to relocate in 1948. Kurt, Lotte, and their young son relocated to the United States and settled in Denver, Colorado where their second child, Giselle, was born, and where they...
Dates: 1984-2021

Oral Histories, 1984-2021

 Series
Identifier: B452.01
Abstract

This series contains Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees.

Dates: 1984-2021

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Type
Archival Object 3
Collection 1
 
Subject
Berlin (Germany) 3
Denver (Colo.) 3
Israel 3
Jewish families -- Colorado 3
Jews 3