Oral history interview with Gerald Silver
Extent and Medium
1 digital file, MPEG-4
Creator(s)
- Ina Navazelskis
Biographical History
Ina Navazelskis, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Gerald Silver in Forest Hills, NY on June 19, 2014.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
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
- Silver, Gerald, 1923-
- Ina Navazelskis
- Gerald Silver
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Purple Heart.
- Prisoners of war--Germany.
- Passover--Netherlands--Venlo.
- Operation Neptune.
- Military training camps.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Jews--New York (State)--New York.
- Jewish soldiers--United States.
- Hiding places--Netherlands--Venlo.
- Gas masks.
- Draftees--United States.
- Combat.
- Antisemitism--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
- Venlo (Netherlands)
- Normandy (France)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Kaufbeuren (Germany)
- Glasgow (Scotland)
- Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
Genre
- Oral History
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