Gaster, Berthold_1975/4/13, Oral History, 1975-04-13
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Youth: Politics and Religion of Austria/Parents Anschluss, pre-WWII, Anti-Semitism, escaping Vienna, New York; Marriage Moving, the Ledger, Stories of Vienna (jewelry, Aryans)
Dates
- Creation: 1975-04-13
Interviewer
James Catler
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Gaster Home in Bloomfield, Connecticut
Index Card
#97 #264m s.2 Interviewee: Gaster, Bertold Interveiwer: Jim Catler Place: Gaster Home, Blmfd Date: April 13, 1975 Background: Holocaust, Vienna Gives detailed historical background of Vienna of his childhood, with political conditions of pre-war and wartime Austria and Europe. (Roles of Dollfuss & Schuschnigg) Descries Hitler’s take-over of Austria and anti-semitism of the period #264, s.2 – Intro by Carol Schultz, 10/19/1980 – Holocaust Survivor
Container Summary
Box 5: cassette tape #97, side one, two w/ written Transcript
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Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository