Collection GB 1556 WL 1602 - Hidden Jews of Berlin: Transcript interviews

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GB 1556 WL 1602

Title

Hidden Jews of Berlin: Transcript interviews

Date(s)

  • 1999 (Creation)

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1 file

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Biographical history

This collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted for the TV programme 'The Hidden Jews of Berlin'. The programme was made by Kessler Productions in conjunction with Darlow Smithson Productions for the Secret History series on Channel 4. It was transmitted on 17 August 1999. The producer was Peter Kessler, the director was Clara Glynn, and the executive producer was John Smithson.

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GB 1556 WL 1602 1999 collection 1 file Kessler Productions in conjunction with Darlow Smithson Productions for the Secret History series on Channel 4

This collection consists of transcripts of interviews conducted for the TV programme 'The Hidden Jews of Berlin'. The programme was made by Kessler Productions in conjunction with Darlow Smithson Productions for the Secret History series on Channel 4. It was transmitted on 17 August 1999. The producer was Peter Kessler, the director was Clara Glynn, and the executive producer was John Smithson.

Deposited by Peter Kessler.

Papers of 'The Hidden Jews of Berlin', 1999, comprise interview transcripts with German Jews. The televison programme included detailed accounts of life in hiding in Berlin during World War Two; experience of capture, interrogation by Jewish collaborators and Gestapo and betrayal by Jews; Mischlinge; Fabrikation; Siemens; Rosenstrasse protest; Grosse Hamburger Strasse; life in Berlin before the war.

Alphabetical by interviewee.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English and German

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

April 2008 Wars (events) Antisemitism Berlin Broadcasting Darlow Smithson Productions Europe European history German history Germany Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei International conflicts Jews Kessler Productions National history Racial discrimination Religious groups Television Television programmes War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

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Deposited by Peter Kessler.

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Papers of 'The Hidden Jews of Berlin', 1999, comprise interview transcripts with German Jews. The televison programme included detailed accounts of life in hiding in Berlin during World War Two; experience of capture, interrogation by Jewish collaborators and Gestapo and betrayal by Jews; Mischlinge; Fabrikation; Siemens; Rosenstrasse protest; Grosse Hamburger Strasse; life in Berlin before the war.

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Accruals

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Alphabetical by interviewee.

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Open

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English and German

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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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