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Chaim Gottleib oral history interview, 1981
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gottleib, Chaim
- Title
- Chaim Gottleib oral history interview
- Dates
- 1981 (inclusive)19811981
- Quantity
- 1 sound cassette (60 min.)
- Collection Number
- 3160 (Accession No. 3160-001)
- Summary
- Interview with a Jewish cantor and community member, Seattle, Washington
- 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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Tape-recorded interview conducted by Meta Buttnick on 2/10/81 and spanning the period ca. 1900-1981.
Cantor Gottlieb was born in Nowysacz, Poland near Cracow and was the fifth of six children. His father was the cantor in the city Shul, the largest Shul in the city. From his father he learned chazonisch (cantorial skills), music, and Torah. In 1939 his father told him to flee, and he fled deep into Russia. The Russians helped people to flee, and saved 250,000 Jews. The Germans took his parents, 2 brothers and 1 sister, to Belgitz, where they were killed and buried in mass graves. He tells of his refuge in Middle Asia, Russia and Siberia, of coming to a Kibbutz near Frankfurt, and of studying music with Professor Adorno who taught him voice and technique. He came to America in 1952 with the help of his cousins who were already in the U.S., and to Seattle in 1956 where he has been Cantor of Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath since.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Listen to the audio recording of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cantors (Judaism)--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Immigrants--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
- Jews--Washington (State) --Seattle--Interviews
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Personal Names
- Gottleib, Chaim--Archives
Corporate Names
- Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Seattle, Wash.)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Buttnick, Meta Bloom, 1913- (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
