Melitta Colland interview and transcript, September 30, 1989
Scope and contents note
Series is comprised of audiotapes and printed transcripts of the interviews.
Dates
- September 30, 1989
Language of Materials
Most of the interviews are in English but a number of them are in German.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the administrative files is restricted and also to some of the interviews. Contact staff for further information.
Biographical note
Melitta Colland (neé Sommerfreund) was born in November 24, 1917. One of her brothers left Vienna for Panama, another went to Shanghai in December 1938, and she sailed with her mother Sarah on the "Conte Verde" to Shanghai in the summer of 1939. She immediately started her own dress shop. After the war broke out, Colland lost the business and had to move to Hongkew. In 1944 she married Dr. Bruno Meyerowitz, a refugee from Germany. They had a daughter, Asherah, in Spetember 1945. The family left for Panama in 1947, and soon afterwards for the U.S. Mrs. Colland lives in Connecticut.
Extent
1 audiocassette(s)
Creator
- From the Collection: Hochstadt, Steve, 1948- (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository
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