Oral history interview with Ruth Rontal

Identifier
irn507477
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.346.47
  • RG-50.031.0047
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507477

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 Ruth Rontal on July 31, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tape of the interview from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois on June 20, 1995.

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

  • Rontal, Ruth.
  • Ms. Ruth Rontal

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Forced labor.
  • Shooting (Execution)--Poland.
  • Deportation--Poland.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
  • World War (1914-1918)--Participation, Jewish.
  • Jewish businesspeople--Germany--Esslingen am Neckar.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Antisemitism in education--Germany.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Personal narratives.
  • Krakow ( Poland)
  • Esslingen am Neckar (Germany)
  • Typhoid fever.

Genre

  • Oral History
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