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Oral history interview with Sydney Abrams, 2012
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Abrams, Sydney A.,$d1927-
- Title
- Oral history interview with Sydney Abrams
- Dates
- 2012 (inclusive)
- Quantity
- 2 compact disks and 1 vertical file
- Collection Number
- 5806 (mss), 5806-001 (accession)
- Summary
- Oral history interview of Sydney Abrams
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Sydney Abrams was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1927, and attended the Seattle Talmud Torah Hebrew school. In 1947 he served as a volunteer seaman in a clandestine operation to transport Holocaust survivors and refugees to Palestine. Abrams was one of three Seattleites to participate in the operation organized by the Haganah Palestine Jewish underground. He was married to the painter Maria Frank Abrams.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Oral history interview conducted by Susan Weingarten and Doris Steifel on February 8, 2012. In the interview, Abrams talks about his life growing up in the Jewish neighborhood around Garfield High School in Seattle, his father's tailoring store at First and Seneca called United Tailors and Clothiers, living through the Great Depression and the Hoovervillites along Seattle's waterfront, his time at the University of Washington, the purchase of the former USS Paducah by the Israeli group Haganah to transport Jewish refugees recounted in the book "Running the Palestine blockade" by Rudolph Patzert. Abrams also speaks of Aliya Bet.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.
Restrictions on Use
No restrictions on use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
- Holocaust survivors--Cyprus--History--Sources
- Jewish refugees--Palestine--History--Sources
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Abrams, Sydney A., 1927- --Interviews
Corporate Names
- Haganah (Organization)--History--Sources
Geographical Names
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources
- Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948--History--Sources
- Seattle (Wash.)--20th century--History--Sources.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Steifel, Doris, interviewer. (interviewer. )
- Weingarten, Susan, interviewer. (interviewer. )
Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington) (host institution)
Finding aid prepared by S. Kemp
2014 (Last modified: 8/26/2021)
