Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Marion Mostny oral history interview
- Dates:
- 1998 October 14
- Creators:
- Mostny, Marion, Ryan, Peter, and Saldinger, Anne Grenn
- Abstract:
- This collection comprises two videotapes of an oral history interview with Marion Mostny conducted by the Holocaust Oral History Project on November 4, 1998.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear feet comprising two videotapes with a total running time of 3:24
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Marion Mostny oral history interview - OHP.8805, Tauber Holocaust Library, JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection comprises two videotapes of an oral history interview with Marion Mostny. The interview was conducted by Peter Ryan and Anne Grenn Saldinger on behalf of the Holocaust Oral History Project on November 4, 1998. Marion Mostny is a Holocaust survivor.
The interview describes Ms. Mostny's childhood in Berlin, Germany; the changes she experienced during the 1930s; and her parents' decision to leave Germany. She describes her family's emigration to Santiago, Chile in April 1939; the community of Jewish refugees there; and the fates of family members left behind in Germany. Ms. Mostny describes her life in Chile, her and her husband's decision to emigrate to the United States in 1963, and their subsequent life in San Francisco. She describes her decision to write her memoirs and the importance of Holocaust remembrance.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-09-06T15:10-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
- Terms of access:
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There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
- Preferred citation:
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Marion Mostny oral history interview - OHP.8805, Tauber Holocaust Library, JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
- Location of this collection:
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JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post StreetSan Francisco, CA 94115, US
- Contact:
- (415) 449-3717