Regina Lederer Oral History
Regina Berger Lederer was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1895 into the family of a successful manufacturing chemist. Her singing career was promising, but never fully realized. With the rise of the Nazi Party and increase in oppression of Jews, she and her husband escaped by leaving for Italy and the United States in 1939. Settling in New York, she worked as a skilled sweater repairer for many years. She died in Maryland in 1988, where she had gone to live near her son Paul.
Transcript of an oral history of Lederer.
Regina Berger Lederer was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1895 into the family of a successful manufacturing chemist. Her singing career was promising, but never fully realized. With the rise of the Nazi Party and increase in oppression of Jews, she and her husband escaped by leaving for Italy and the United States in 1939. Settling in New York, she worked as a skilled sweater repairer for many years. She died in Maryland in 1988, where she had gone to live near her son Paul.
Transcript of an oral history of Regina Berger Lederer.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: Regina Lederer Oral History Transcript (MS 358). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Acquired from Karen Lederer, 1991.
Processed by SCUA staff.
- Jewish women–United States–Interviews.
- Jews, Austrian–United States–Interviews.
- Jews–Austria–History–20th century–Sources.
- Knit goods–Repairing–New York (State)–New York.
- Lederer, Regina Berger, 1895-1988.
- Refugees, Jewish–United States–Interviews.
- Sweater industry–New York (State)–New York–Employees–Interviews.
- Oral histories.