Oral history interview with Gerda Blachmann Wilchfort

Identifier
irn504738
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.A.0325
  • RG-50.030.0251
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504738

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Linda G. Kuzmack

Biographical History

Linda Kuzmack, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Gerda Blachmann Wilchfort on July 3, 1989.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Wilchfort, Gerda Blachmann, 1923-
  • Linda G. Kuzmack
  • Gerta B. Wilchfort

Corporate Bodies

  • United Jewish Appeal
  • St. Louis (Ship)

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belgium.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Women tailors.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
  • Jewish refugees--France.
  • Jewish refugees--Belgium.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Antisemitism--Poland.
  • Wroclaw (Poland)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Switzerland.
  • France.
  • Antwerp (Belgium)

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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