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Ernest F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3044) interviewed by Robert Krell,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3044

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Ernest F., who was born in Makó, Hungary in 1923. He recounts his family's strong sense of Hungarian patriotism and identity; anti-Jewish laws; antisemitism beginning in 1938; attending law school in Cluj beginning in 1941; German occupation in 1944; returning home; ghettoization; being drafted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion in June; digging trenches for the German army in the Carpathian area; random beatings and executions; being overrun by Soviet troops in Uzh︠h︡orod on October 27; capture by Soviets as an axis prisoner of war; escaping; traveling to Makó; learning his parents had been deported; attending university in Debrecen; learning his parents had survived; their return to Makó; his marriage in 1953; antisemitic incidents during the 1956 uprising; escaping to Vienna with his family in December; and emigration to Canada in April 1957. Mr. F. notes the importance of luck and personal religious beliefs to his survival.
Author/Creator: F., Ernest, 1923-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1983
Interview Date: September 7, 1983.
Locale: Hungary
Makó
Soviet Union
Makó (Hungary)
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine)
Debrecen (Hungary)
Cite As: Ernest F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3044). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Krell, Robert, interviewer.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Escapes. Jews--Hungary--Makó. Faith. Forced labor. Prisoners of war--Soviet Union. Hungary. Makó (Hungary) Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine) Debrecen (Hungary) Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956--Personal narratives. Oral histories (document genres) F., Ernest,--1923-

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/4290136
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4290136

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