NHF_WC_2017_Yeager_H_Robert
2017 September 30
Bob talks about learning from the war from an interruption of a football game on the radio. He recounts his time learning about the War from current event newsreels the family would visit in Newark, NJ. His family members, specifically a cousin who survived the Holocaust, were brought over from Europe after the war.
He also talks about his experiences with anti-semitism in college at Cornell.
He also talks about his experiences with anti-semitism in college at Cornell.
Digital
English
1h 9m 38s
H. Robert "Bob" Yeager, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Ally Mehi for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States, NA [40.73566,-74.17237] [id:5101798]Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, NA [40.76843,-74.14542] [id:5099967]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States