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.

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.

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