Anneliese Thiedemann interview, 2005

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Summary

Creators:
Thiedemann, Anneliese, 1920-2009 and Bauer, Bradley
Abstract:
Sound recording of interview, relating to social conditions in Germany before, during, and after World War II. Interview conducted by Bradley Bauer.
Extent:
2 sound cassettes (0.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
German
Preferred citation:

Anneliese Thiedemann interview, 24 May 2005, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Bradley Bauer interviews Anneliese Thiedemann (nee Roggenbau) on 24 May 2005 in her home in Barsbüttel, near Hamburg. Her son, Volker Thiedemann, is present and participates in the interview.

The interview concerns her memories of growing up in both Hagenow (Mecklenburg) and Hamburg during the 1930s and 1940s, with topics including schooling in Nazi Germany, anti-Semitism, World War II, the bombing of Hamburg, living in the Soviet Occupied Zone after the war (Hagenow was located in what became East Germany), leaving for West Germany, and visits to her hometown in East Germany during the 1970s.

The interview is conducted in German.

Biographical / historical:

German citizen.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2010.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

Anneliese Thiedemann interview, 24 May 2005, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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