Oral history interview with Hans Cahnmann

Identifier
irn511473
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0095.12
  • RG-50.163.0012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511473

Extent and Medium

4 sound cassettes (60 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Gail Schwartz

Biographical History

The interview with Hans Cahnmann was conducted on May 28, 1989 as part of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington's oral history project to document Washington, DC area survivor's experiences of the Holocaust. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the interview on May 26, 1993.

Archival History

Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Cahnmann, Hans, 1906-1999.
  • Gail Schwartz
  • Dr. Hans Cahnmann
  • Fry, Varian, 1907-1967.

Corporate Bodies

  • International Rescue Committee

Subjects

  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Marseille (France)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Bourges (France)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews, German--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--German Americans.
  • Jews--Germany--Munich.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Vitamin A.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
  • Paris (France)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
  • Chemists.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish refugees--United States.
  • Casablanca (Morocco)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Munich (Germany)

Genre

  • Oral History
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