Oral history interview with Werner Epstein

Identifier
irn508429
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.268
  • RG-50.477.0268
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508429

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Marcia Teitelbaum
  • Ellen Szakal

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Werner Epstein on June 9, 1992. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in March 2001.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

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

People

  • Epstein, Werner.
  • Marcia Teitelbaum
  • Ellen Szakal

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Jewish refugees--Belgium.
  • Concentration camps--France.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Magdeburg (Germany)
  • Paris (France)
  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • Death march survivors.

Genre

  • Oral History
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