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Irmgard Beetle, Clip 3: Rationing and the Black Market During World War II

Collection: Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Irmgard Beetle
Date: Time Period: 1932 - 2013; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:06:32
Creator: Irmgard Beetle interviewed by Btian Spinner Identifier: aql:21569 avr-ib-clip-000003

Description: Floral Park resident, Irmgard Beetle was seven years old and living in Stuttgart, Germany in 1939 at the start of World War II. She was thirteen when the war ended in 1945. During these years, she and her mother survived on rations and occasional gifts from her mother's employer.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18056

Creator : Irmgard Beetle interviewed by Btian Spinner

Date : Time Period: 1932 - 2013; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013

Summary/Description : Floral Park resident, Irmgard Beetle was seven years old and living in Stuttgart, Germany in 1939 at the start of World War II. She was thirteen when the war ended in 1945. During these years, she and her mother survived on rations and occasional gifts from her mother's employer.

Subject : World War, 1939-1945; Rationing; Black market

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Floral Park, Queens, NY; Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (Germany) Germany Floral Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth.; Total running time: 0:06:32

Identifier : aql:21569 avr-ib-clip-000003

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