Oral history interview with Claus Shelling

Identifier
irn515432
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.736
  • RG-50.477.0736
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515432

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Gina Margillo
  • Beatrice Netter
  • Cathy Miller

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Claus Shelling on December 11, 1991. 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

  • Claus Shelling
  • Shelling, Claus.
  • Gina Margillo
  • Beatrice Netter
  • Cathy Miller

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--Wrocław.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Wrocław (Poland)
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--German Americans.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.

Genre

  • Oral History
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