Reminiscences of Frederick Terna : oral history, 2005.

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Reminiscences of Frederick Terna : oral history, 2005.

Background: born Vienna, Austria; childhood and education Prague, Czechoslovakia; memories of Nazi occupation 1938-1939; imprisonment at Linden bei Deutschbrod labor camp October 1941; deportation to Theresienstadt 1943, description of intellectual culture among prisoners; deportation to Auschwitz 1944; deportation to Kaufering camp 1944, description of work and conditions; 9/11: witness to burning buildings from Brooklyn, ashes reminiscent of Holocaust; concern with political manipulation of tragedy, fear of totalitarian resurgence, discussion of far-right politics, religious fundamentalism and the invasion of Iraq.

transcript: 89 p.sound recordings: 4 sound discs (80, 240 min.) : digital ; 3 in.

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Terna, Frederick, 1923-,

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Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Terna : oral history, 2005. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269259516 ...

Albarelli, Gerry

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