Oral history interviews of the Grünfeld/Heimann Family collection

Identifier
irn553846
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

Giselle Heimann Ratain donated her oral history interviews with her father and mother Kurt Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann and extended family members to the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016. In 2020, Giselle Heimann Ratain donated the documentary film "The Improbable Escape of Two Young Brothers from Nazi Germany: A Holocaust Story" to the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum's Library. The film documents the wartime experiences of George and Alexander Tscherny, members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family.

Scope and Content

Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees in Shanghai, China.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.