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Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004

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2004-02-19
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Adelheid Rupp, born on the eve of WWII in Ledwigshafen, Germany, was only ten months old when the German Army drafted her father. She would be over ten years old when he returned. During the interim, Mrs. Rupp spent her childhood struggling with her mother to survive Nazi Germany. Enduring the conflict and the hardship, Mrs. Rupp formed an exceptionally strong bond with her mother. Upon her father’s return, Mrs. Rupp had to adjust to two new additions to the family: her father Ernst and her new baby sister Karoline. In 1953, the Rupp family moved to the United States and Mrs. Rupp found a new set of challenges. Through it all, Mrs. Rupp has proved that she is a survivor. Presently, Mrs. Rupp resides in Pompano Beach, Florida with her husband Henry and her daughter Monica.
Title: Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004.
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Name(s): Rupp, Adelheid (Interviewee), creator
Moore, Charles (Interviewer), creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Oral Histories
Interviews
Date Issued: 2004-02-19
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Extent: 42 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Adelheid Rupp, born on the eve of WWII in Ledwigshafen, Germany, was only ten months old when the German Army drafted her father. She would be over ten years old when he returned. During the interim, Mrs. Rupp spent her childhood struggling with her mother to survive Nazi Germany. Enduring the conflict and the hardship, Mrs. Rupp formed an exceptionally strong bond with her mother. Upon her father’s return, Mrs. Rupp had to adjust to two new additions to the family: her father Ernst and her new baby sister Karoline. In 1953, the Rupp family moved to the United States and Mrs. Rupp found a new set of challenges. Through it all, Mrs. Rupp has proved that she is a survivor. Presently, Mrs. Rupp resides in Pompano Beach, Florida with her husband Henry and her daughter Monica.
Identifier: 72819 (digitool), FADT72819 (IID), fau:13173 (fedora)
Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945
Oral histories --Florida
Oral history
Nazi Germany
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/72819
Host Institution: FAU
Title: Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004.
Name(s): Rupp, Adelheid (Interviewee), creator
Moore, Charles (Interviewer), creator
Type of Resource: mixed material
Genre: Oral Histories
Interviews
Date Issued: 2004-02-19
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Physical Form: pdf/mp3
Extent: 42p. : 01:24:56
Language(s): English
Summary: Adelheid Rupp, born on the eve of WWII in Ledwigshafen, Germany, was only ten months old when the German Army drafted her father. She would be over ten years old when he returned. During the interim, Mrs. Rupp spent her childhood struggling with her mother to survive Nazi Germany. Enduring the conflict and the hardship, Mrs. Rupp formed an exceptionally strong bond with her mother. Upon her father’s return, Mrs. Rupp had to adjust to two new additions to the family: her father Ernst and her new baby sister Karoline. In 1953, the Rupp family moved to the United States and Mrs. Rupp found a new set of challenges. Through it all, Mrs. Rupp has proved that she is a survivor. Presently, Mrs. Rupp resides in Pompano Beach, Florida with her husband Henry and her daughter Monica.
Identifier: 72819 (digitool), FADT72819p (IID)
Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945
Oral histories --Florida
Oral history
Nazi Germany
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT72819
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU
Is Part of Series: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections.