National Council of Jewish Women (Cincinnati, Ohio) Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project

Identifier
MS-226
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1982
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1.2 linear feet (3 Hollinger boxes)

Creator(s)

  • National Council of Jewish Women. Cincinnati Section

Acquisition

Received from the National Council of Jewish Women, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Scope and Content

Interviews with survivors of World War II living in Cincinnati. Topics include displaced persons, Jewish Holocaust, immigration, national socialism and Germany during that period.

Selected interviews from this collection are published in: Peck, Abraham J. and Uri D. Herscher. "Queen City Refuge: An Oral History of Cincinnati's Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany." West Orange, N.J. : Behrman House, 1989.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for use; no restrictions apply.

Sources

  • Preferred Citation

  • Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the National Council of Jewish Women (Cincinnati, Ohio) Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

  • [Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-226. National Council of Jewish Women (Cincinnati, Ohio) Holocaust Survivors Oral History Project. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Corporate Bodies

  • National Council of Jewish Women. Cincinnati Section

Subjects

  • Immigrants
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
  • National socialism
  • Political refugees
  • Jewish women
  • Jews -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
  • World War, 1939-1945

Genre

  • Oral histories
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.