Oral history interview with Eddy Wynschenk

Identifier
irn509629
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.382
  • RG-50.477.0382
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509629

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (SVHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Peggy Coster

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Eddy Wynschenk on September 20, 1989 and March 4, 1990. 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

  • Eddy Wynschenk
  • Peggy Coster
  • Wynschenk, Eddy, 1927-2003.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Romanies.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
  • Toes--Amputation.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Jewish families--Netherlands.
  • Death marches.
  • Thuringia (Germany)
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands.
  • Kapos.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care.
  • Jews, Dutch.
  • Forced labor.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Netherlands.
  • Jewish councils--Netherlands--Amsterdam.

Genre

  • Oral History
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