Oral history interview with Alexander Katten

Identifier
irn514590
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.633
  • RG-50.477.0633
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514590

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Lois Kernan
  • Gene Ayres

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Alexander Katten on January 28, 1990. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 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

  • Katten, Alexander--Interviews.
  • Lois Kernan
  • Mr. Alexander Katten
  • Gene Ayres

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Passing (Identity)--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Berlin (Germany)--History--1918-1945.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.

Genre

  • Oral History
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