| Title |
Eugene Hertz, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Eugene Hertz |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Eugene Hertz with additional comments from Mrs. Hertz on November 24, 1982 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Hertz, Eugene, 1910-2002 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982-11-24 |
| Date Digital |
2015-07-06 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Germany, http://sws.geonames.org/2921044 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Hertz, Eugene, 1910-2002--Interviews; Antisemitism--Germany; Kristallnacht, 1938; Jews--Social life and customs |
| Abstract |
Mrs. Hertz is present for this interview. Her comments are included in the transcript. Eugene Hertz (b. 1910) recalls his childhood in Germany and working as a traveling salesman there. Both Hertz and his wife talk about anti-Semitism in Germany before 1933 and conditions after Hitler came to power. Mrs. Hertz recalls the pogroms in Germany just prior to World War II, particularly "Krystalnacht," which took place on 8 November 1938. Eugene Hertz talks about translating German letters and pamphlets for the FBI after coming to the United States in 1937. Both talk about tensions between German Jews and Polish and Russion Jews in Salt Lake City. 48 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
48 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/ |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63f6jb9 |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; Antisemitism; Kristallnacht (1938) |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
904494 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f6jb9 |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
904453 |
| OCR Text |
Show anvbodv who was somebody tn t~at town and ~a~ Bone t0 that sch0ol ::u t t~e tPachers told us ''d 0n 't vou dare rr . i( Your na~P was the r e? ~, . r • T.-.=- 1"ell, evervbody t~Rt 1r.rent t"'er~ •.. ~:r . rr !· ~r . ~ I don ' t t""in1r so , but it coul.n be. .. r. X ( m ,.~ ... ) . 0 .··rs. - ~rs . ~ I ~as ~0 rn in a very s~8l1 nl.ace, I've forgotten ~ow many families there were t~erP~ but verv few families and t~ere weren't that ~anv chilnren. ~hey had a Jewis~ teacher. I really don't know wny - I never questtonP-d it. Nas it differe~t from a nublic school in the sense that it was cornplet ely .T et~i sh? ~~~'h ~ rs. ? No, he taught everything, it was just to ~i~ children. ~: r. K rt;r. 3 ~~ r. K t"r. K Mr. H Mr. K ~r. H So, it was a private school t~en? No . In the small towns the teacher, or rnv religious teacher, had a certificate hP would send my grades up to the gymnasium. He sent your grades from Jewish education to the gyrnnasiu~? Yeah, .now the:v only need to go Sunday from R to 12 and Wednesday frorn 2 to lJ. ~ut we learned there history, Jewish history I know as good as anybody else, and I only went 4 hours on Sunday. Bow many years did you do that? I don't ~now, at least h years. When you were an ap~rentice did you go? No, I didn't go anymore. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f6jb9/904453 |
