Oral history interview with Cantor Hans Cohn

Identifier
irn508208
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.148
  • RG-50.477.0148
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508208

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Peter Ryan
  • Ruth D. White

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Cantor Hans Cohn on August 11, 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2000.

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

  • Cohn, Cantor Hans.
  • Cantor Hans Cohn
  • Ruth D. White
  • Peter Ryan

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Jews--China--Shanghai.
  • Jews--Germany--Berlin.
  • Jewish refugees--Australia.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.
  • New York (State)
  • Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Bombing, Aerial--China--Shanghai.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Cantors (Judaism)
  • Illegal aliens--Australia.
  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • Anti-Jewish propaganda.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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