Oral history interview with Hedy Marmorstein

Identifier
irn511093
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.17
  • RG-50.062.0017
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511093

Extent and Medium

2 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Vera Benedek

Biographical History

Vera Benedek, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Hedy Marmorstein on December 20, 1987 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.

Archival History

Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.

People

  • Marmorstein, Hedy, 1921-
  • Hedy Marmorstein
  • Vera Benedek

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • Jewish refugees--United States.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Austria.
  • Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
  • Antisemitism--Untied States.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Hawaii.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • Jewish property--Austria.
  • Antisemitism--Austria--Vienna.
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Jews--Education--Austria.

Genre

  • Oral History
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