Oral history interview with John Ralph Silva

Identifier
irn85504
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.174.1
  • RG-50.808.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85504

Extent and Medium

1 DVD, MPEG-4

Biographical History

Sharon Silva donated the oral history with her father John Ralph Silva to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on August 5, 2014. The interview was conducted by Georgia Public Television.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sharon T. Silva

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

People

  • Silva, John, 1921-
  • John R. Silva

Subjects

  • Jews, German--Bolivia.
  • Argentina.
  • Malaria.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • Amazon River Region.
  • Genoa (Italy)
  • Forced labor--Bolivia.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • La Paz (Bolivia)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish refugees--Italy.
  • Yellow fever.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Atlanta (Ga.)
  • Human smuggling--Bolivia.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Berlin.
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • Bolivia.
  • Jews--Germany--Berlin.
  • Jewish businesspeople--United States.
  • Jewish refugees--Bolivia.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Montevideo (Uruguay)

Genre

  • Oral History
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