Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Walter K., who was born in Röhrenfurth, Germany in 1922. He recounts anti-Jewish laws banning him from high school in 1936; Kristallnacht; imprisonment with his father and relatives in Kassel, then Buchenwald; his father's and uncles' release as World War I veterans; his release to Erfurt two weeks later; forced labor in Kassel; emigration to the Netherlands on a Kindertransport in February 1939; entering through Oldenzaal; living in Rotterdam, Eindhoven, and Amsterdam; obtaining emigration documents for the United States in March 1940; transfer to Westerbork refugee camp in April; German invasion; transfer to Friesland; returning to Westerbork (now a concentration camp); receiving letters from his parents; meeting his future wife in 1942; transport to Theresienstadt in September 1944; encountering an uncle and aunts; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau; receiving food from friends; transfer to Hirschberg, then Bad Warmbrunn; working in a factory; receiving food from a civilian worker; burying corpses in mass graves; the guards' desertion; returning to the Netherlands; recuperating in Amsterdam and Arnhem; marriage in December 1945; his son's birth; and emigration to the United States in 1951. Mr. K. notes reluctance to discuss his story with non-survivors. He shows documents.
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1995
- Interview Date
- February 17, 1995.
- Locale
- Germany
Erfurt (Germany)
Röhrenfurth (Germany)
Kassel (Germany)
Oldenzaal (Netherlands)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Friesland (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Arnhem (Netherlands) - Cite As
- Walter K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2859). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 43 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Kristallnacht, 1938. Fathers and sons. Forced labor. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Refugee camps. Germany. Erfurt (Germany) Röhrenfurth (Germany) Kassel (Germany) Oldenzaal (Netherlands) Rotterdam (Netherlands) Eindhoven (Netherlands) Friesland (Netherlands) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Arnhem (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) K., Walter,--1922- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Westerbork (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Hirschberg (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4297094
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4297094
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