Oral history interview with Carla Lessing
Extent and Medium
2 sound cassettes (60 min.),
Creator(s)
- Joe Richmond
Biographical History
Joe Richmond, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Carla Lessing on June 28, 1999 in Hudson, N.Y.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
People
- Heijmans, Carla, 1931-
- Carla H. Lessing
- Joe Richmond
Subjects
- Hague (Netherlands)
- Jews--Netherlands--Hague.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Hastings on Hudson (N.Y.)
- Hiding places--Netherlands.
- Ossining (N.Y.)
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Catholics.
- Holocaust Survivor -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- Faith (Judaism)
- Holocaust survivors--Religious life.
- Holocaust survivors--Israel.
- Holocaust survivors--Travel--Netherlands.
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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