Oral history interview with John Woodruff
Extent and Medium
3 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Randy M. Goldman
Biographical History
The United Holocaust Memorial Museum Exhibition Department produced the interview with John Woodruff in preparation for the exhibit, "The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936."
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Randy M. Goldman
- John Woodruff
- Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.
- Woodruff, John, 1915-2007.
- Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Subjects
- Olympic athletes--United States.
- Segregation--United States.
- African American track and field athletes--United States.
- Racism--United States.
- Nazi propaganda.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- Connellsville (Pa.)
- Track and field athletes--United States.
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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