Interview with Eva Rickles, 2018
Scope and Contents
This interview with Eva Rickles was conducted by Paul Fardig and Judith Fardig in 2018. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. This interview was conducted informally during a photo shoot. In this interview, Rickles discusses her childhood dog, Wippi, whom she had to leave behind when her family fled Nazi Germany in 1937. She also talks about some of the items her family brought with them to the United States, particularly family photographs and a grandfather clock. She speaks about the family background of her husband, Norman H. Rickles; the Enlightenment as it applied to the European Jewish community (known as Haskalah); and several of the artworks in her home. She and the interviewers make small talk away from the recording device for several minutes. Rickles closes the interview by reading from her father’s diary; discussing her early education at a synagogue in Berlin, Germany; and describing the differences in English dialects. She and the interviewers make small talk for the remainder of the audio recording.
Dates
- Creation: 2018
Creator
- From the Collection: Rickles, Eva S. (Eva Simons), 1927- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Fardig, Judith (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Fardig, Paul (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 147 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 47 min., 7 sec.))) : MP3
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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