Oral history interview with John Steiner

Identifier
irn512383
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.497
  • RG-50.477.0497
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512383

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with John Steiner on March 27, 1991, June 6, 1991, August 22, 1991, November 19, 1991, December 2, 1993, December 17, 1993, February 4, 1994, April 1, 1994, July 11, 1994, and July 25, 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 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

No restrictions on access

People

  • Springer, Otto.
  • Dr. John M. Steiner
  • Steiner, John M., 1925-2014.
  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Hirsch, Fredy, 1916-1944.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Forced labor.
  • Concentration camp guards.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Sociologists.
  • College teachers.
  • Antisemitism in education.
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Translators.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Czechoslovakia.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Death marches.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Czechoslovakia.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Research.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Ex-concentration camp inmates.
  • Nazis--Interviews.
  • Universities and colleges--United States.
  • Australia--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors' writings.
  • Jewish families--Czechoslovakia.
  • National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.
  • Historians.

Genre

  • Oral History
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