Robert Guttman transcript

Identifier
irn38116
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.273
Dates
1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Guttman

Robert Guttman donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 30 July 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of one interview transcript, 97 pages, entitled "Recollections and Reminiscences" with Robert Guttman, originally of Germany. In the transcript (compiled by Lisa Greaves and based on interviews conducted in 2005 by Hannah Neuschwander) Mr. Guttmann, whose parents divorced when he was a child, immigrated with his father and sister to England in 1934. He describes returning to Germany to visit his mother in the 1930s, his father's internment in the Isle of Man, and his family's immigration to the United States in 1940. The transcript also includes information about his schooling, experiences in the British Army, his graduate work, marriage, and work for the Department of Labor.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Robert Guttman

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.