Oral history interview with Vera Ellis

Identifier
irn511774
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.338.15
  • RG-50.037.0015
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511774

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Mrs. Toby Back

Biographical History

Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with Vera Ellis with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Ellis, Vera.
  • Mrs. Toby Back
  • Vera Ellis

Subjects

  • Buffalo (N.Y.)
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Isle of Man.
  • Refugee children.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Jews--Germany--Beckum (Warendorf)
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jewish businesspeople.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • Boarding schools--England.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • London (England)
  • Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • England.
  • Cornwall (England : County)
  • Beckum (Warendorf, Germany)

Genre

  • Oral History
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