Oral history interview with John Polt
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Simon Levine
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with John Polt on July 18, 1996. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in February 2005.
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
- John Polt
- Polt, John, 1929-
- Simon Levine
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Cuba.
- Jews--Czech Republic--Ústí nad Labem.
- Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic)
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czechoslovakia.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Jewish refugees--Switzerland.
- Switzerland--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Czechoslovakia.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Jewish families--Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Oral History
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