Interview with Maurice Kriss
Номер объектаM2026/088
НазваниеInterview with Maurice Kriss
СоздательSydney Jewish Museum (interviewed by)
ОписаниеInterview with Maurice Kriss conducted by the Sydney Jewish Museum for the Serving Australia military exhibition.
This interview was completed in 2010 and has a running time of 32 minutes.
To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au.
Maurice Kriss was born in London in 1937. His family migrated to Australia in 1947. Kriss describes having a troubled upbringing and being forced to leave at age 12 which resulted in him enlisting in the Merchant Navy at age 13.
In 1954 Kriss joined the Australian Navy and was part of the Gunnery branch. He served in served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency as well as the Korean War.
Kriss gives an anecdote of what it was like being on a ship with 3000 servicemen and when being divided by religion he was the only Jew. One of the commanders had read that on Fridays Jews were supposed to walk to synagogue and made Kriss walk to the closest shul which was 9 hours away.
This interview was completed in 2010 and has a running time of 32 minutes.
To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au.
Maurice Kriss was born in London in 1937. His family migrated to Australia in 1947. Kriss describes having a troubled upbringing and being forced to leave at age 12 which resulted in him enlisting in the Merchant Navy at age 13.
In 1954 Kriss joined the Australian Navy and was part of the Gunnery branch. He served in served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency as well as the Korean War.
Kriss gives an anecdote of what it was like being on a ship with 3000 servicemen and when being divided by religion he was the only Jew. One of the commanders had read that on Fridays Jews were supposed to walk to synagogue and made Kriss walk to the closest shul which was 9 hours away.
Место изготовленияSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Дата 2010-02-05
Период создания21st Century
Темаantisemitism, Jewish education, merchant navy, Royal Australian Navy, Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), Jewish diaspora
Наименованиеtestimonies
Материалdigital
Размерность
- duration: 32.05 min
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum collection, interview with Maurice Kriss.
Transferred from SJM Community Stories.