Oral history interview with Ilse Lewy
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Ilse Lewy on April 25, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.
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
- Ilse Lewy
- Lewy, Ilse.
Subjects
- Antisemitism--Germany.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Jewish women in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- Antisemitism--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Sweden.
- Jews--Germany--Elberfeld.
- Jews, German--United States.
- Ocean travel.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Elberfeld (Germany)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Military nursing--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jews--Germany--Elberfeld.
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Jewish families--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Philippines.
Genre
- Oral History
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.