Oral history interview with Vera Ellis

Identifier
irn511774
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.338.15
  • RG-50.037.0015
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511774

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Mrs. Toby Back

Biographical History

Toby Ticktin Back of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo conducted the interview with Vera Ellis with the cooperation and support of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, NY. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received copies of interviews from the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo from 1990 - 1993. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Ellis, Vera.
  • Vera Ellis
  • Mrs. Toby Back

Subjects

  • Boarding schools--England.
  • Great Britain--Emigration and immigration.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • England.
  • Beckum (Warendorf, Germany)
  • Jewish businesspeople.
  • Refugee children.
  • London (England)
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Germany--Beckum (Warendorf)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Cornwall (England : County)
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Isle of Man.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Holocaust survivors--Marriage.
  • Buffalo (N.Y.)
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.

Genre

  • Oral History
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