Oral history interview with Elizabeth Polt

Identifier
irn514602
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.641
  • RG-50.477.0641
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514602

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Gene Ayres

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Elizabeth Polt on January 29, 1996. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in April 2003.

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

  • Gene Ayres
  • Polt, Elizabeth--Interviews.
  • Elizabeth Polt

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish refugees--Switzerland.
  • Jewish refugees--Cuba.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Jewish women--Austria.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Children of interfaith marriage--Austria.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral History
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