"An Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 CD,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Cann
Michael Cann donated this memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2010 with the assistance of his wife, Anne.
Scope and Content
Consists of a CD containing a memoir entitled "An Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times" by Michael Cann, written in Amherst, MA in 2006, as well as a paper copy of the memoir. Mr. Cann describes his family's history in Berlin, his memory of National Socialism in his school, and his family's immigration to the Netherlands in 1937, and his immigration to the United States in March 1939. He also includes information about life in wartime New York and New Jersey and his family's attempts to rescue additional family members from Europe. After the war, Mr. Cann joined the military and participated in the Allied occupation of Germany.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Michael Cann
Genre
- Document
- Personal Narratives.