Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
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
George and Alexander Tscherny: Escape from Nazi Germany, 2021
Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0006
Abstract
In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, in December 1938, two young Jewish boys, ages 12 and 14, boarded a train out of Berlin for Holland, to escape the escalating brutality against Jews in Germany. Arriving in Nijmegen, Holland without documents or family, George and Alexander Tscherny were placed with a family by the Dutch Committee for Jewish Refugees, waiting to be granted asylum from the Queen and then dispatched to a refugee camp.When Germany invaded...
Dates:
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
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