Oral history interview with Walter Thalheimer

Identifier
irn507503
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.346.73
  • RG-50.031.0073
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507503

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 Walter Thalheimer on December 16, 1986. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the tape of the interview from the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois on December 12, 1989.

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

  • Thalheimer, Walter, 1925-
  • Walter Thalheimer

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--Selection process.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
  • Synagogues--Destruction and pillage.
  • Star of David badges.
  • Sabotage.
  • Refugee camps--Netherlands--Rotterdam.
  • Nazi propaganda.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jews--Germany--Öhringen.
  • Kapos.
  • Jews--Germany--Baden-Württemberg.
  • Jewish refugees--Netherlands.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Forced labor.
  • Escapes.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Öhringen (Germany)
  • Westerbork (Netherlands)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Stuttgart (Germany)
  • Rotterdam (Netherlands)
  • Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Meuselwitz (Thuringen, Germany)
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Forchtenberg (Germany)
  • Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

Genre

  • Oral History
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