Oral history interview with Leo Bretholz

Identifier
irn505562
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0447.8
  • RG-50.042.0008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505562

Extent and Medium

3 film reels, color ; 16 mm

3 sound tape reels, analog, mono ; 7 in.

2 videocassette (D2), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Sandra Bradley

Biographical History

Sandra Bradley, a film production consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Leo Bretholz on January 28, 1992, in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the films and tapes of the via transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

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

Restrictions on use. The interviewee restricts the use of the interview, in all formats, from any type of commercial purposes or purposes of financial gain.

People

  • Sandra Bradley
  • Mr. Leo Bretholz
  • Bretholz, Leo, 1921-2014.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Hiding places--France.
  • Escapes--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Identification cards--Forgeries--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
  • Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
  • Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre, 1944.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • False certification.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Oradour-sur-Glane (France)
  • Massacres--France--Oradour-sur-Glane.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
  • France.

Genre

  • Oral History
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