Interview with Alice Dreifuss Goldstein, April 27, 2019

Project: Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project

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Alice Dreifuss Goldstein recounts her family's escape from Nazi Germany in 1939, following Kristallnacht in 1938. Many of her male family members were imprisoned at Dachau after Kristallnacht. Once her father was released, Dreifuss Goldstein and her parents booked passage on the USS Harding for New York, where they were accepted as refugees. Dreifuss Goldstein recounts adjusting to American life, a new Jewish community, and her parents' Americanization as they settled down in New England amidst World War II and the Holocaust.

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2019oh1405_jk0114

Interviewee Name

Alice Dreifuss Goldstein

Interviewer Name

Beth Goldstein

Interview Date

2019-04-27

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Goldstein, Alice Dreifuss Interview by Beth Goldstein. 27 Apr. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Goldstein, A.D. (2019, April 27). Interview by B. Goldstein. Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Goldstein, Alice Dreifuss, interview by Beth Goldstein. April 27, 2019, Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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