Oral history interview with Ruth Brunn

Identifier
irn507684
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.12
  • RG-50.477.0012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507684

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (Hi8), sound, color ; 8mm

Creator(s)

  • Peter Ryan

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Ruth Brunn on March 24, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tape of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project on June 25, 1999.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

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

People

  • Ruth Brunn
  • Brunn, Ruth, 1932-
  • Peter Ryan

Subjects

  • Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
  • Homosexuality.
  • Lesbians.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Bombing, Aerial--France--Marseille.
  • Strasbourg (France)
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)
  • Mannheim (Germany)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Portugal.
  • Jewish refugees--Spain.
  • South Orange (N.J.)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Jewish refugees--France.
  • National socialism and homosexuality.
  • Marseille (France)
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Jewish refugees--Belgium.
  • Children with disabilities--Care--Netherlands.
  • Jewish refugees--Mexico.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Women.
  • Spain.
  • Jews, German--Belgium.

Genre

  • Oral History
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