Oral history interview with Harry Sydel

Identifier
irn566180
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0441.557
  • RG-50.462.0557
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn566180

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Josey G. Fisher

Biographical History

The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the interview to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Josey G. Fisher
  • Sydel, Harry, 1930-
  • Harry Sydel

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.
  • Jews--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--China--Shanghai.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • China--Emigration and immigration.
  • Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
  • Bar mitzvah.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Wroclaw (Poland)
  • Jewish families--China--Shanghai.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews, German--China--Shanghai.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Jews--Poland--Wroclaw.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Germany.
  • Synagogues--Destruction and pillage.
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Shanghai (China)

Genre

  • Oral History
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