Oral history interview with Helga Franks
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Biographical History
The Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois (now Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center) conducted the interview with Helga Franks on August 6, 1991. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tape of the interview from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois on October 16, 1992.
Archival History
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Franks, Helga.
- Helga Franks
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
- War brides.
- Star of David badges.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
- Jews--Germany--Berlin.
- Jewish women in the Holocaust.
- Jewish families.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Hiding places.
- Black market--France--Paris.
- Antisemitism--Germany.
- Antisemitism in music.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda.
- Anti-Jewish boycotts--Germany.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Paris (France)
Genre
- Oral History
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