Jewish families -- Colorado
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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
Kurt Heimann Holocaust Story, 1988
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Identifier: B452.01.0001.0007
Abstract
oral history interview with Kurt Heimann. Kurt, born December 7, 1912 in Berlin, Germany, describes being barred from advancing in his early career because of the German antisemitic laws in the 1930s; his family life; meeting and marrying his wife (Lotte Grünfeld); escaping Berlin, Germany via train on September 16, 1940 with his wife, parents, and brother (Gerhard); arriving in Shanghai, China; life in the Shanghai Ghetto with other Jewish refugees; conditions in the ghetto, including the...
Dates:
1988
Lotte Heimann Holocaust Story, 1984
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Identifier: B452.01.0001.0008
Abstract
Oral history interview with Lotte Grünfeld Heimann. Lotte, born September 3, 1918 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her happy childhood in prewar Germany; her parents Leo (Eliezar) and Erna (Esther) who had emigrated from Tarnow, Poland in 1913 and were tailors; how her aspirations to become a gymnast and compete in the 1936 Olympics were dashed as Hitler came to power; her work as an apprentice at Hermann Tietz department store; meeting Betty Abraham (Wagowski) who introduced her to a cousin,...
Dates:
1984
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
Out of the Holocaust: Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann (Part One), 2002
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Identifier: B452.01.0001.0001
Abstract
Part one of oral history interview with Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Gruenfeld Heimann. Gerhard Heimann, born on September 29, 1921 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood in Berlin, where he helped his family with their upholstery business; the aftermath of Kristallnacht when his family determined that the 17 year old should flee to Holland; arriving in Nijmegen, Holland, where he was turned away by a Nazi boarder guard; returning to his family in Berlin;...
Dates:
2002