Oral history interview with Frederick Terna

Identifier
irn538174
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.84.1
  • RG-50.915.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn538174

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes,

Creator(s)

  • Susan Garriss

Biographical History

Susan Garriss donated the interview with Frederick Terna to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 4, 2016. Susan Garriss conducted the interview by phone in1991 for her graduate thesis "The Eternal Spirit: Power and Truth in Art."

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Garriss

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

  • Mr. Frederick Terna
  • Susan Garriss
  • Terna, Frederick.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews, Czech--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Jewish artists.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)
  • Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Concentration camp inmates as artists.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
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