Oral history interview with Werner Epstein

Identifier
irn517062
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0122.1002
  • RG-50.477.1002
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517062

Extent and Medium

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

Creator(s)

  • Marcia Teitelbaum
  • Ellen Szakal

Biographical History

The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Werner Epstein on May 19, 1992. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in November 2004.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

People

  • Ellen Szakal
  • Marcia Teitelbaum
  • Epstein, Werner.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
  • Concentration camps--France.
  • Paris (France)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Magdeburg (Germany)
  • Cooks.
  • Forced labor--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish families--Germany.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Death march survivors.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Jewish refugees--Belgium.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
  • Refugee camps--Germany.

Genre

  • Oral History
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