Oral history interview with Richard Schifter
Extent and Medium
4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Biographical History
The Holocaust Eyewitness Project produced the interview with Richard Schifter in 1990 in the Washington, D.C. area. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Holocaust Eyewitness Project and Edith Fierst
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
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
Copyright Holder: Holocaust Eyewitness Project
People
- Schifter, Richard.
- Ambassador Richard Schifter
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Jews--Education--Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews--Austria--Vienna.
- Jews, Polish--Austria.
- Anti-Jewish boycotts--Austria.
- Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
- Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.)
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Antisemitism--Austria--Vienna.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
- Jews--Segregation--Austria.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Jewish youth--Austria.
Genre
- Oral History
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