Oral history interview with Richard Strauss

Identifier
irn511110
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.39
  • RG-50.062.0039
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511110

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 Richard Strauss on May 12, 1989 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

  • Strauss, Richard, 1924-
  • Judy Weightman
  • Richard Strauss

Corporate Bodies

  • Australia. Australian Army

Subjects

  • Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
  • Synagogues--Destruction and pillage.
  • Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Germany.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Italy.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Concentration camps--Australia.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
  • Prisoners of war--Italy.
  • Prisoner-of-war camps--Australia.
  • Portsmouth (England)
  • Boarding schools--Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Australia.
  • Jews--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • Jewish refugees--Australia.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Concentration camps--Isle of Man.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany.
  • Hawaii.
  • Antisemitism--United States.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Prisoners of war--Germany.
  • Australia.
  • Isle of Man.
  • Jewish refugees--Great Britain.

Genre

  • Oral History
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