- Collection:
- Rendezvous with Destiny: World War II Oral Histories
- Title:
- World War Two oral history interviews : interview with Steve Kershaw, October 6, 1994 / produced by Athens-Clarke County Library
- Creator:
- Kershaw, Steve
- Publisher:
- Athens, Georgia : Athens-Clarke County Library
- Date of Original:
- 1994-10-06
- Subject:
- Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
Budapest (Hungary)
Vienna (Austria)
Paris (France)
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
Bell Telephone Company
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Steve Kershaw recounts his experiences before WWII as a young man living in Budapest, Hungary. He then lived in Vienna leaving Vienna at age 18 to move to Paris, where he danced on stage with Josephine Baker. In 1929 he worked for Bell Telephone factory in Paris. He left Paris for Spain by way of the south of France meeting Picasso. In 1942 Mr. Kershaw came to the U.S. He recounts meeting Einstein in 1952.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emFKNS4Htxw&feature=youtu.be
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview (circa 110 min.) : sound, color
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
