Renata Polt oral history interview, 1996 February 5

Summary

Title:

Renata Polt oral history interview

Dates:

1996 February 5

Creators:

Polt, Renata, Ayres, Gene, and Simplicio, Sean

Abstract:

This collection comprises one videotape with accompanying transcript of an oral history interview with Renata Polt conducted by the Holocaust Oral History Project on February 5, 1996.

Containers:

Folder: OHT Box #32
Cassette: Tauber Holocaust Library Archives

Extent:

0.1 Linear feet comprising one videotape with a total running time of 1:37 and one transcript of 59 pages

Language:

Preferred citation:

Renata Polt oral history interview - OHP.3902, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises one videotape with accompanying transcript of an oral history interview with Renata Polt. The interview was conducted by Gene Ayres on behalf of the Holocaust Oral History Project on February 5, 1996. Renata Polt is a Holocaust survivor.

The interview describes Ms. Polt's childhood in Ustek, Czechoslovakia; her family's religious life; and her family's decision to leave for Lucerne, Switzerland in September 1938. She describes her experiences in Switzerland, the family's journey to Cuba in the spring of 1939, and her experiences there. She discusses immigration to the United States in the fall of 1940, her education, and her life in America. She describes her understanding of the events of the Holocaust as a child, and the fates of other family members.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Renata Polt is the daughter of Elizabeth Polt and the sister of John Polt, also interviewed. See Elizabeth Polt oral history interview - OHP.3933 and John Polt oral history interview - OHP.3970.

Alternative form available:

Master copies of the oral history interview are located at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Holocaust survivors -- United States
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
Jewish families -- Czechoslovakia
Jewish refugees -- Cuba
Jewish refugees -- Switzerland
Jewish women in the Holocaust

Places:

United States -- Emigration and immigration

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Debbie Kahn

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-06-27T10:20-0700

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access for this collection.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions to use for this collection.

Preferred citation:

Renata Polt oral history interview - OHP.3902, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California

Location of this collection:

Tauber Holocaust Library

JFCS Holocaust Center

2245 Post Street

San Francisco, CA 94115, US

Contact:

(415) 449-3717

HolocaustCenter@jfcs.org

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