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Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein Dec 1994

Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein

Combined Interviews

Recollects early childhood and adolescence in Poland; ghetto life under Nazi occupation; slave labor camp at Plaszaw; Auschwitz experience; war effort in Czechoslovakia; liberation.


Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres Oct 1994

Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres

Combined Interviews

Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; provides detailed description of capture by German ski troopers after being shot down on combat mission to Regensberg, Germany; daily life in POW camps; liberation of camp by Russian Army; discrimination and prejudice in U.S. military.


Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski Jul 1994

Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski

Combined Interviews

Relates memories of Poland during Nazi occupation, including the bombing, food, and living arrangement.


Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht Jul 1994

Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht

Combined Interviews

Shares thoughts on the psychological warfare used by Nazis; tells about condition in eastern Europe during the war and life in labor camp.


Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen Jul 1994

Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen

Combined Interviews

Recollections og ghetto life under Nazi Occupation; time spent in concentration camp Lithuania; reflects on treatment of Jews by fellow Lithuanians and Germans.


Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone Jul 1994

Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone

Combined Interviews

Recalls early childhood and adolescence in Czechoslovakia; events and life in slave labor camp in Hungary; liberation.


The Mormons In Wilhelmie Germany, 1870-1914: Making A Place For An Unwanted American Religion In A Changing German Society, Michael Mitchell Jan 1994

The Mormons In Wilhelmie Germany, 1870-1914: Making A Place For An Unwanted American Religion In A Changing German Society, Michael Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations

Between 1853 and 1914 the kingdom of Prussia and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, disagreed over the issue of Mormon missionaries proselyting in Prussia. In 1853 royal magistrates banished all Mormon missionaries from the kingdom for advocating emigration. A new church policy of preaching without seeking for official permission, in addition to an improved relationship between the Mormons in Utah and the United States government after the Manifesto of 1890, led to an increase in missionaries sent to Germany, including Prussia. By 1900 mormon success alarmed the Prussian Protestant clergy and a few Prussian governors …