Bodenheimer, Hans_1972/06/05, Oral History, June 5, 1972

Item — Box: OHC-1, Box: 21, Box: 1-2

Identifier: 30

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: Jewish Life, Community, in Germany; Nazis, Education The Holocaust To Hartford, chutzbrief, working, congregation, Community

Dates

Creation: June 5, 1972

Creator

Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Interviewer, Person)

Partial Extent

From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Interview conducted in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Related Materials

Written transcription of interview filed in People Files, Bodenheimer, Hans.

Index Card

#30, #264, s1, 60 min. Interveiwww: Rabbi Hans Bodenheimer Interviewer: Emma Cohen Place: Rabbi’s home in Bloomfield Date: June 5, 1972 Personal Background: Born in Badmelheim, Germany. Survivor of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Witness to the Crystal Night in 1938. Father owned shoe store in Germ. Came to US in 1939. Occupation: Teacher and Rabbi in Germany. Today- Rabbi of Tikvah Chadoshoa Synagogue, Blmfd. Active in community Education: Seminary in Germany. Brought up by Grandfather who was very religious and forced him to go to synagogue (whether he wanted toor not) #264, s 1- int. by Carol Schultz, Holocaust Survivor 10/16/80 Interests: Jewish Community Outstanding Events: Novemer 10, 1938 – Crystal Night- Holocause Founder of German Refugees synagogue –Tikvoh Chadoshoh (New Hope)- Has dedicated 3 synagogues Notes: Letter of protection, from 1797 – granted by King Mahzor mutilated on Crystal Night Sidur – 190 years old (Al in Rabbi’s protection)