Oral history interview with Gerald Schwab

Identifier
irn598390
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-50.999.0277
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598390

Extent and Medium

1 digital file, WAV

Biographical History

This is an interview conducted for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program, a seasonal program that enables USHMM visitors to hear Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Schwab, Gerald, 1925-2014.
  • Mr. Gerald Schwab

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Army, 5th
  • Washington (Passenger liner)

Subjects

  • Jewish refugees--Switzerland.
  • Jewish soldiers--United States.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Freiburg (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • Lörrach (Germany)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Jews, German--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
  • New Jersey.
  • Saint-Louis (France)
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Germany--Freiburg.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945--German Americans.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Genre

  • Oral History
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