Oral history interview with Ruth K. Westheimer

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Oral history interview with Ruth K. Westheimer

2012 October 09

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47891

Ruth K. Westheimer discusses a song (which begins with the line, "Jeder Mensch auf der Welt hat sein eigenes Heim") she learned at a home for refugee Jewish children in Wartheim, Switzerland, while a resident there from Jan 1939 through July 1945 and reads portions of her memoir, "Musically Speaking," that include her thoughts on the song’s origin and meaning.

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Westheimer, Ruth K. (Ruth Karola), 1928-

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Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, is a German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, and Holocaust survivor. She was born in Germany to a Jewish family. As the Nazis came to power, her parents sent her on a Kindertransport to Switzerland for safety; her parents were subsequently murdered in concentration camps. After World War II ended, she immigrated to British Mandatory Palestine. She joined the Haganah, and was trained as a sniper; she was seriously wounded during...