Holocaust survivors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: Here are entered works on persons who survived the Holocaust of 1939-1945, with emphasis on their lives since 1945. Works on persons who died during the Holocaust of 1939-1945 are entered under Holocaust victims. Works consisting of personal accounts of the Jewish Holocaust are entered under Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Found in 7 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
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
Lotte Grünfeld Heimann: Holocaust Story in 100 Years of Songs, Undated
Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0005
Abstract
Holocaust survivor Lotte Grünfeld Heimann sings songs from her childhood in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German. Songs in Yiddish:
1. "Dos iz a sud derbay" (Perlmutter, Schorr; from the operetta "Kay un shpay"; NY, 1920s)
2. "Tsvelf shlogt dokh shoyn der zeyger" (folksong)
3. "Di zelner" AKA "Oyf di grine felder" (adapted from a WWI Ukrainian folksong)
4. "Bay mir bistu sheyn" (Secunda, Jacobs)
5. "Zug...
Dates:
Undated
Lotte Heimann Holocaust Story, 1984
Item
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
Item
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
Out of the Holocaust: Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann (Part Two), 2002
Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0002
Abstract
Part two 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