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Title:
Don Felson interviews, 2004Don Felson papers
Creator/Contributor:
Felson, Don, 1929-2002, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2007.003.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection consists of Don Felson: In His Own Words, which contains edited transcripts of interviews conducted with Don
Felson in 1987 and 1996. In 2004 his son, Joseph Felson edited the transcripts, combined and organized them for chronological
presentation, and added supplementary material.
Date:
2004 (issued)Subject:
Felson, Don -- 1929-2002 -- InterviewsJews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish
Holocaust survivors -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number 2007.003.
Don Felson papers, BANC MSS 2010/589, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Don Felson, a Holocaust survivor who was born in Poland, spent part of the Second World War fighting against the Nazis as
a partisan. He moved to San Francisco in 1946 and eventually established himself as a successful real estate developer and
a noted philanthropist with strong ties to the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.
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Language:
English