Oral history interview with Sylvia I. Felsenstein

Identifier
irn518354
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.1064
  • RG-50.477.1064
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518354

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Elizabeth Ryan
  • Peter Ryan

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Sylvia I. Felsenstein on Jun. 19, 1996. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in September 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

  • Sylvia I. Felsenstein
  • Felsenstein, Sylvia I.
  • Elizabeth Ryan
  • Peter Ryan

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Uruguay.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Children of divorced parents--Austria.
  • Boarding schools--Czech Republic--Prague.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jewish families--Austria.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • California.
  • Jewish refugees--Uruguay.
  • Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Uruguay--Emigration and immigration.
  • Montevideo (Uruguay)
  • Linz (Austria)
  • Jews, Austrian--Uruguay.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Jews--Uruguay--Montevideo.

Genre

  • Oral History
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