Oral history interview with Hermann Kosak

Identifier
irn507569
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0423
  • RG-50.106.0072
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507569

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (74 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Margaret Garrett

Biographical History

Margaret Garrett, a volunteer for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch conducted this interview on June 18, 1997, in Garrett Park, Md. The interview was transferred to the Museum's Archives on June 18, 1997.

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

  • Hermann Kosak
  • Kosak, Hermann.
  • Margaret Garrett

Subjects

  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans--United States.
  • Austria--Social conditions--20th century.
  • Artists--United States.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
  • Belgium--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Artists--Belgium--Brussels.
  • Antisemitism--Austria--Vienna.
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Vienna (Austria)

Genre

  • Oral History
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