Ursula Melchior interview and transcript, June 10, 1990
Scope and contents note
Series is comprised of audiotapes and printed transcripts of the interviews.
Dates
- June 10, 1990
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the administrative files is restricted and also to some of the interviews. Contact staff for further information.
Biographical note
Ursula (Perlhöfter) Melchior was born in Breslau on November 10, 1913, and then moved to Mannheim. She was an actress, with her friend Fritz Melchior. After Kristallnacht he fled to Shanghai on the “Conte Verde,” and she followed him with the Trans-Siberian Railroad. They married in Shanghai, where Fritz Melchior founded a theater group in which she acted. She also worked as a nurse. In 1949 she came to the U.S., and he followed a year later. She died on October 26, 2001.
Extent
1 audiocassette(s)
Language of Materials
German
Creator
- From the Collection: Hochstadt, Steve, 1948- (Person)
Repository Details
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