Oral history interview with Ernest Weihs

Identifier
irn505584
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0447.31
  • RG-50.042.0031
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505584

Extent and Medium

2 film reels, color ; 16 mm

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

1 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 Ernest Weihs on January 29, 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 interview via transfer from the Oral History branch in February 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Weihs, Ernst, 1908-
  • Sandra Bradley
  • Ernst Weihs

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Personal narratives.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Suicidal behavior.
  • Jews--Austria--Vienna.
  • Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
  • Death marches.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Kapos.
  • Missionaries--Austria--Vienna.
  • Kaufering (Germany)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Religious life.
  • Judaism--Customs and practices.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Lutheran converts--Austria--Vienna.
  • Weddings--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ústecký kraj)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Suicide--Germany--Kaufering.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.

Genre

  • Oral History
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