"I remember Germany..."

Identifier
irn504358
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0293
  • RG-02.182
Dates
1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504358

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Armin Kern donated his memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Aug. 1994.

Scope and Content

Describes Armin Kern's (b. 1923) childhood in Böchingen and Landau in der Pfalz, Germany; the Nazi seizure of power in Germany and the growth of antisemitism; Kristallnacht and the arrest of Kern's father and his internment in Dachau; Kern and his parents' immigration to the United States in 1939; and the Holocaust-related fates of members of the Kern's family.

People

  • Kern, Armin.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Persecutions.
  • Böchingen (Germany)
  • Landau in der Pfalz (Germany)
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jews--Germany.

Genre

  • Autobiographies.
  • Document
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