Interview of Jessie Melis on her service as a teacher in occupied Germany from August 1950 to July 1953

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Description:

In an oral history interview, Jessie Melis talks about her service as a teacher in occupied Germany from August 1950 to July 1953. She recalls the devastation in German cities, socializing with German citizens, German customs, her living quarters in Munich, taking meals in the officer's mess, her experiences with the black market and the depressed German economy. Melis also talks about meeting former Nazis, the differences between teaching in Germany and the U.S., the differences between American and German students and traveling to Berlin through the Russian Zone. Melis says that she traveled to Palestine and Jerusalem before finally returning to the U.S. to help her family and re-establish her career in East Lansing, MI. Melis is interviewed by Elsie Hornbacher.

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Palestine, Germany, Germany, Germany, United States, Germany, and Germany

Subject Topic:

Travel, Teachers, Foreign, World War, 1939-1945, Destruction and pillage, Ex-Nazis, Teaching, Teaching, Social conditions, and Economic conditions

Subject Name:

Melis, Jessie, 1915-2012, Melis, Jessie, and 1915-2012

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5th8k