Bea Kandell transcripts
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Bea Kandell
Biographical History
Bea Kandell was born March 16, 1921 in Göppingen, Germany to Eugene Bernheimer and Selma Simon. She immigrated to the United States with her younger sister Anne in July 1938. She lived in Cincinnati with distant relatives before rejoining her sister in New York City. Her father was arrested during Kristallnacht and then immigrated to the United States with her mother and youngest sister Margot in 1939.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bea Kandell
Bea Kandell donated the transcripts to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
Scope and Content
Consists of the typed transcript of an oral history interview with Bea Bernheimer Kandell, originally of Goeppingen, Germany. In the interview, which was conducted by Brad Zarlin on December 10, 2013, Ms. Kandell describes her memories of pre-war life in Germany, immigrating to the United States with her younger sister in July 1938, the arrival of her parents and youngest sister in 1939, and her wartime and post-war life in the United States. Includes a copy of a photograph of Ms. Kandell.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Bea Kandell
People
- Bea Kandell
- Kandell, Bea, 1921-
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- New York (N.Y.)
- Jews--Germany--Göppingen.
- Cincinnati (Ohio)
- Jewish families--Germany.
- Göppingen (Germany)
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
- Transcripts.