Oral history interview with Martin D. Metzon, Nov. 18 and Dec. 3, 1986.

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Oral history interview with Martin D. Metzon, Nov. 18 and Dec. 3, 1986.

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Metzon discusses his early life in Denmark, his family background, and employment. He describes in detail the rescue evacuation of Danish Jews (including Metzon) to Sweden in 1943. He alludes to special treatment of Danish Jews deported to Theresienstadt. Metzon came to Seattle in the mid-1950s, studied for a CPA degree at the University of Washington, and joined the firm of Moss Adams. He talks about his affiliation with the Jewish Club of Washington, B'nai B'rith, and Temple Beth Am, which he served as president from 1975 to 1977.

Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes : analog, mono.Transcript: 91 leaves.

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The Jewish Central Information Office was founded by Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who worked for the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith ( Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens ). In 1933 he fled to Amsterdam where he founded the agency along with David Cohen. The JCIO produced reports to spread word of the activities that were occurring in Nazi Germany. In 1939 the office was moved to London, where it became known as the Wiener Library. ...

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Accountant and Danish vice-consul of Seattle, Washington. Native of Denmark, came to the United States in 1953. From the description of Oral history interview with Martin D. Metzon, Nov. 18 and Dec. 3, 1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50492986 ...

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