Oral history interview with John Kaufmann
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Peter Ryan
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with John Kaufmann on April 8, 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in October 2002.
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
Restrictions on access. Access to this interview is restricted to onsite at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Requests for access outside the Museum must be submitted to the Tauber Holocaust Library of the Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
People
- John Kaufmann
- Peter Ryan
- Kaufmann, John.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Navy
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
- Antisemitism--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Jewish soldiers--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- Children of interfaith marriage--Austria.
- Catholic schools--Scotland--Edinburg.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Men--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral History