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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 577 Collections and/or Records:

Frieda Shames Makovsky Englard Video Interview, 2005 January 27

 Item
Identifier: B098.15.0023.00004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 2005 January 27

Funeral Service of Dr. John C. Livingston, 1999 October 28

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00161
Abstract

Recording of the funeral service of John C. Livingston.

Dates: 1999 October 28

George and Alexander Tscherny: Escape from Nazi Germany, 2021

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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

Hannah Shwayder Berry Public Talk for Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, 1983 October 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00118
Abstract

Topics covered include singing at local churches and a trip to New York, sings a number of songs in recording.

Dates: 1983 October 1

Hebrew Educational Alliance 30th Anniversary Dinner Program, 1992 February 5

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00149
Abstract

Excerpts from the 30th Anniversary Dinner: A Tribute to the 20 Founding Families of the Hebrew Educational Alliance.

Dates: 1992 February 5

Hispano Crypto-Jews Video Interviews: Amalia Romero, 1996 October 25

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Identifier: B098.15.0021.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1996 October 25

Hispano Crypto-Jews Video Interviews: Lita Rogers, 1996 September 23

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Identifier: B098.15.0021.00005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1996 September 23

Hispano Crypto-Jews Video Interviews: Loenor Vera Cordova Willis, 1996 September 25

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Identifier: B098.15.0021.00006
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1996 September 25

Hispano Crypto-Jews Video Interviews: Michael Atlas-Acuna, 1996 October 25

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Identifier: B098.15.0021.00002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1996 October 25