Oral history interview with Gertrude Sonnenberg

Identifier
irn505503
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0088.50
  • RG-50.002.0050
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505503

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Bernard Weinstein

Biographical History

The interview was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along with other interviews between 1993 - 1997 by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean College (now Kean University).

Archival History

The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

People

  • Bernard Weinstein
  • Sonnenberg, Gertrude, 1919-
  • Gertrude Sonnenberg

Corporate Bodies

  • Nordmark (Concentration camp)
  • Jüdischer Kulturbund
  • Red Cross and Red Crescent

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Riga (Latvia)
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Dressmakers.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Latvia.
  • Shooting (Execution)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Latvia--Riga.
  • Sweden--Emigration and immigration.
  • Hesse (Germany)
  • Gas vans (Gas chambers)
  • Hausberge an der Porta (Germany)
  • Abortion--Latvia--Riga.
  • Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Riga.
  • Forced labor--Latvia--Riga.
  • Sisters.
  • Dortmund (Germany)
  • Suicidal behavior.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Latvia--Riga.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia--Riga.
  • Hiding places--Germany--Hannover.
  • Hannover (Germany)
  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Jews, German--Latvia--Riga.
  • Jews--Germany--Hausberge an der Porta.

Genre

  • Oral History
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