- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David S., who was born in Bad Friedrichshall, Germany in 1911. Her recalls a pleasant childhood; his father's service in World War I and his strong German identity; boycott of his father's business in 1933; arrest with his father on Kristallnacht; his father's release due to his age; destruction of their home and business; his incarceration in Buchenwald; beatings, starvation, and illnesses; release after five weeks; a contact arranging for a Jewish family to sponsor his emigration to Scotland; reporting to the Nazi party in Darmstadt and Bad Friedrichshall until his departure; wonderful treatment from his Scottish sponsors; leaving for the United States in January 1940, hoping to get his parents out; his last letter from them saying they were being deported to Theresienstadt (he never learned their fate); and marriage to an America woman. Mr. S. notes his father's belief in being a good German citizen ultimately cost him his life.
- Author/Creator
- S., David, 1911-
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1991
- Interview Date
- November 15, 1991.
- Locale
- Bad Friedrichshall (Germany)
Germany
Darmstadt (Germany)
Scotland
- Cite As
- David S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2339). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hirschfield, Sarah, interviewer.
Arkin, Nat, interviewer.
