Oral history interview with Al Buchler

Identifier
irn514578
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.624
  • RG-50.477.0624
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514578

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Nancy Magidson

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Al Buchler on November 14, 1989 and December 12, 1989. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in April 2003.

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

  • Buchler, Al--Interviews.
  • Nancy Magidson
  • Al Buchler

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish families--Austria.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Vienna (Austria)--Social life and customs.

Genre

  • Oral History
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