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Eric K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1216) interviewed by Janet Miller and Ann Solov Walker,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1216

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Eric K., who was born in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1929 of a Jewish father and a mother who had converted to Judaism in 1929. He recalls attending an orthodox synagogue and celebrating holidays; expulsion from public school in 1935 due to the Nuremberg laws; growing isolation from non-Jews; his father's incarceration in Dachau in November 1938; assistance from his non-Jewish grandparents; deportations; receiving mail from friends in Terezín; and transport with his father, brother, and aunt to Terezín in February 1945. Mr. K. recounts hunger, overcrowding, and poor sanitation; his father's deteriorating health; the arrival of emaciated prisoners from other camps; liberation by Soviet troops; returning to Wiesbaden; and emigrating with his family to the United States in 1946. He discusses a 1985 visit to Prague and Terezín; reads his poem about the war years; and shows photographs.
Author/Creator: K., Eric, 1929-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1988
Interview Date: July 20, 1988.
Locale: Germany
Wiesbaden (Germany)
Cite As: Eric K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1216). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Miller, Janet, interviewer.
Walker, Ann Solov, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 23 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Aid by non-Jews.
Nuremberg laws.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Brothers. Fathers and sons. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry. Citizenship--Germany. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Interfaith marriage. Germany. Wiesbaden (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Children of interfaith marriage. K., Eric,--1929- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1090367
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1090367

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