Oral history interview with Carl Hammerschmidt

Identifier
irn515237
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.693
  • RG-50.477.0693
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515237

Extent and Medium

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

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Carl Hammerschmidt on November 14, 1990. The interview was received by the Archives Branch in July 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

  • Carl Hammerschmidt
  • Hammerschmidt, Carl--Interviews.

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Canal Zone.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Panama--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Berlin (Germany)--Social life and customs.
  • Jewish refugees--Panama.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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