Oral history interview with Ruth Wertheimes
Extent and Medium
1 sound cassette (60 min.),
Creator(s)
- Rosalyn Manowitz
Biographical History
The interview with Ruth Wertheimes was conducted by Rosalyn Manowitz. Rosalyn Manowitz wrote an account of the experiences of survivors who were members of the Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation for distribution to its members. The interview was given to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on October 13, 1993.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Wertheimes, Ruth, 1931-
- Ruth Wertheimes
- Rosalyn Manowitz
Corporate Bodies
- World Union OSE
- Gurs (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
- Passing (Identity)--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--France.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- New York (N.Y.)
- Convents--France.
- Jews--Education--Germany.
- Jewish refugees--United States.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Germany.
- Antisemitism--Germany.
- Gurs (France)
- Child concentration camp inmates.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France.
- Synagogues--Destruction and pillage.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
- France
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Hiding places--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews, Polish--Germany.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--France.
- Americanization.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Oral History
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