Oral history interview with Gunther G. Rechnitz

Identifier
irn509597
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.352
  • RG-50.477.0352
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509597

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Peter Ryan
  • Elizabeth Ryan

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Gunther G. Rechnitz on April 15, 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 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

  • Gunther G. Rechnitz
  • Rechnitz, Gunther G.--Interviews.
  • Peter Ryan
  • Elizabeth Ryan

Subjects

  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Raciborz (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral History
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