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Tape 1, Side 1, through Tape 2, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on January 15, 2002, Linde discusses his family background and early life in a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany, including his education, and shares his memories of German politics in the 1920s and 1930s. He describes how his family left Germany for Denmark in 1933.

Scope and Contents Tape 2, Side 2, through Tape 4, Side 2. In the second interview session, conducted on January 22, 2002, Linde continues to discuss his family background and early life in 1920s Berlin, and his memories of politics in Germany. He talks about the lives and personalities of his parents, Bruno C. Linde and Luise Linde (nee Rosenhain). He then talks about his adolescence in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1933 to 1937. He shares the reasons why his family immigrated to the United States in 1939, and...