Oral history interview with Hessy Levinsons Taft
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Linda G. Kuzmack
- Gail Schwartz
Biographical History
Gail Schwartz, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Hessy Levinsons Taft on February 15, 1990.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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
Restrictions on use. Interview cannot be used for sale in the Museum Shop. Interview cannot be used by a third party for creation of a work for commercial purposes.
People
- Mrs. Hessy L. Taft
- Taft, Hessy Levinsons, 1934-
- Linda G. Kuzmack
- Gail Schwartz
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Paris (France)
- Jewish refugees--Cuba.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Germany--Personal narratives.
- Nazi propaganda.
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
- Jews--Germany--Berlin.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Jewish refugees--France.
- Cuba--Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Jews, German--France--Paris.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- New York (N.Y.)
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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