Oral history interview with Hans Shaper

Identifier
irn87697
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.1777
  • RG-50.477.1777
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn87697

Extent and Medium

3 sound recording, WAV

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Hans Shaper on November 11, 1993. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2013.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Hans Shaper
  • Shaper, Hans.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish refugees--England.
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Ocean travel.
  • Dreisen (Germany)
  • Hanau (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • World War, 1939-1945--German Americans.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Netherlands.
  • Jews--Germany.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Essen (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jewish families--Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
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