Oral history interview with Richard Schifter

Identifier
irn508950
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.137.80
  • RG-50.010.0080
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508950

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (90 min.),

Biographical History

The Fred Roberts Crawford Witness to the Holocaust Project coordinated and conducted the interview with Richard Schifter. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from Emory University.

Archival History

Emory University - Archives and Special Collections

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Ambassador Richard Schifter
  • Schifter, Richard.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • England.
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • Jewish families.
  • Antisemitism--Austria--Vienna.
  • Jews, Polish--Austria.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Crematoriums--Germany.
  • Military interrogation--United States.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Jews--Education--Austria.
  • Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
  • Aachen (Germany)
  • Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Religious aspects--Judaism.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
  • Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
  • Jewish youth--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Anti-Jewish boycotts--Austria.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • Jews--Identity.
  • Jews--Segregation--Austria.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.

Genre

  • Oral History
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