Oral History Interviews with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December, 1989

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Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father.

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136 p. ; 28 cm.

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Rosen, Keith & Friedmann Altman, Brigitte {1989-12-19,1989-12-20}.

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  • Added Title: Oral History Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December 20, 1989

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Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father.

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136 p. ; 28 cm.

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Rosen, Keith & Friedmann Altman, Brigitte. Oral History Interviews with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December, 1989, book, {1989-12-19,1989-12-20}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529207/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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