Oral history interview with Leo Weshler

Identifier
irn517013
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.965
  • RG-50.477.0965
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517013

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Pauline Rockman

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Leo Weshler on March 12, 1997. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in April 2005.

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

  • Weshler, Leo--Interviews.
  • Leo Weshler
  • Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962.
  • Pauline Rockman

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Jewish families--Austria.
  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Austria.
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States.

Genre

  • Oral History
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