Oral history interview with Otto Orenstein

Identifier
irn511101
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.25
  • RG-50.062.0025
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511101

Extent and Medium

2 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Judy Weightman

Biographical History

Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Otto Orenstein on December 20, 1987 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.

Archival History

Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.

People

  • Judy Weightman
  • Otto Orenstein
  • Orenstein, Otto, 1921-

Subjects

  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • Jewish refugees--Belgium.
  • Altruism--Belgium.
  • Jewish refugees--United States.
  • Honolulu (Hawaii)
  • Sand Island (Oahu, Hawaii)
  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Scouts (Youth organization members)--Austria.
  • Jewish refugees--New York (State)--New York.
  • Austria--Social conditions--20th century.
  • Synagogues--Destruction and pillage.
  • Aliens--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
  • Cologne (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Belgium.
  • Jews--Education--Austria.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • Austria--History--1918-1938.
  • Vienna (Austria)

Genre

  • Oral History
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