Oral history interview with Edward Lessing
Extent and Medium
4 sound cassettes (60 min.),
Creator(s)
- Joe Richmond
Biographical History
Joe Richmond, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Edward Lessing on June 28, 1999 in Hudson, N.Y.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
People
- Joe Richmond
- Mr. Edward Lessing
- Lessing, Edward, 1926-
Subjects
- Hiding places--Netherlands--Delft.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Delft (Netherlands)
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Schenectady (N.Y.)
- Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)
- Israel--Emigration and immigration.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Netherlands.
- Antisemitism.
- Holocaust survivors--Religious life.
- Jews--Netherlands--Delft.
- Holocaust survivors--Travel--Netherlands.
- Zionists.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Faith (Judaism)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
Genre
- Oral History
- Oral histories.
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