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Audio Recording Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Hellenberg, Antony, 1938-2000 (Collector)
  • Schwarz, Sara (Interviewee)
  • Siewert, Heidi (Interviewee)
  • Schwarz, Martin (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, April 21, 1977

Headings

  • -  German Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Martin & Sara Schwarz & Heidi Siewert, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 4-part interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Sievert on a range of topics, emphasizing crafts and culture, recorded at the Schwarz home before, during, and after the filming of a short TV spot (Chicago, Channel 2, CBS affiliate) promoting awareness of Chicago Ethnic Arts Project and featuring Sara Schwarz spinning hemp and displaying emproidery work; assisting and modeling: Heidi Siewert; topics include the origin of D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress); the Siebenburger Sachsen dialect; the family’s wartime experiences in Romania, evacuation of Rode in the face of communist advances, arrival in Austria in 1944 (Sara and children), sojourn in Worgl, Tyrol refugee camp (1946-51), immigration to Indiana in 1951; explanation of embroidery that describes the seals of the seven groups of Transylvanian Saxons; occupations in Columbia, Indiana; about Martin Schwarz's years of detention in Siberia, his return to the west via East Germany, and his reunification with his family in Austria, 1947; about Martin's survival on garlic and potatoes in Siberia; occupation of Austria.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20539a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0610
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T016-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, Sara Schwarz, Heidi Siewert, and Martin Schwarz. Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20539a/.

APA citation style:

Hellenberg, A., Schwarz, S., Siewert, H. & Schwarz, M. (1977) Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20539a/.

MLA citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, et al. Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz and their daughter Heidi Siewert about German crafts, culture, and history, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20539a/>.