Oral history interview with Else Reisner

Identifier
irn514604
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.643
  • RG-50.477.0643
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514604

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Nancy Magidson

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Else Reisner on July 1, 1996. The interview was received by the Archives Branch 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

  • Reisner, Else--Interviews.
  • Else Reisner
  • Nancy Magidson

Subjects

  • Antisemitism--Austria.
  • Oakland (Calif.)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Montessori method of education.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Gura Humorului (Romania)
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Jewish teachers--Austria.

Genre

  • Oral History
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