Oral history interview with Rudolf Schmerl

Identifier
irn511105
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.34
  • RG-50.062.0034
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511105

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Judy Weightman

Biographical History

Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Rudolf Schmerl on June 21, 1989 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

  • Schmerl, Rudolf, 1930-
  • Judy Weightman
  • Rudolf Schmerl

Corporate Bodies

  • Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)

Subjects

  • Racism--United States.
  • Jews--Germany--Berlin.
  • Jewish refugees--United States.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Toledo (Ohio)
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Antisemitism--Czechoslovakia.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Measles.
  • Jewish refugees--Czechoslovakia.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

  • Oral History
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