Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
8-12-1989
Abstract
Copyright Steve Hochstadt. This transcript is provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Steve Hochstadt, c/o The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
Recommended Citation
Hochstadt, Steve, "Kalman, Egon oral history interview" (1989). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 66.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/66
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Scope and Content Note
Egon Eliezer Kalman was born in Türnitz, Austria, on September 24, 1914, son of Siegmund and Ida Kalman. He was arrested and sent to Dachau with his father during the Kristallnacht pogrom, and released a few months later. He sailed to Shanghai in the summer of 1940. He lived at 127 Haimen Lu in 1944. In 1947 he sailed to Bolivia. He returned to Vienna to marry in 1952, and then went to Canada, when he encountered delays in emigrating to the United States. He divided his time between Ottawa, Canada, and Coconut Creek, Florida.