Oral history interview with Polly Bergtraun
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Sue Siegel
Biographical History
The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Polly Bergtraun on March 21, 1996. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2001.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
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
People
- Mrs. Polly Bergtraun
- Sue Siegel
- Bergtraun, Polly, 1925-
Subjects
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
- Soldiers--Billeting--Netherlands.
- Jewish families--Netherlands.
- Twins.
- Hiding places--Netherlands.
- New York (N.Y.)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands.
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Hague (Netherlands)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Bussum (Netherlands)
- Sisters.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Women--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors--United States.
- Jewish refugees--Netherlands.
- Jews--Identity.
- Antisemitism--Netherlands.
- Jews--Netherlands--Hague.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews, Dutch.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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