- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Herbert K., who was born in Peiskretscham, Germany in 1926. He discusses his prewar childhood; beatings and ostracism by classmates; damage to his family's business on Kristallnacht; their unsuccessful emigration attempt from Hamburg aboard the luxury liner St. Louis; the return to France, where he was separated from his parents; and life in a children's home in Montmorency, outside Paris. He relates his move to unoccupied France and employment in a bakery; internment in a camp in Creuse by French militia; and his escape and subsequent illegal life with false papers. Mr. K. describes Spanish and Swiss refusals of his attempts at entry into these countries; his life near Lyon pretending to be a Catholic farmer; the wartime deaths of most of his immediate family; and his postwar reunion with his brother in Paris. Other postwar experiences discussed include his work for a Jewish organization in a French children's home, through which he met Elie Wiesel; emigration to the United States; and his life thereafter.
- Author/Creator
- K., Herbert, 1926-
- Published
- Boston, Mass. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- July 21, 1980.
- Locale
- Germany
Gliwice (Poland)
Pyskowice (Poland)
Paris (France)
Creuse (France)
Montmorency (France)
- Cite As
- Herbert K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-219). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Laub, Dori, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Walter K. Holocaust testimony [brother] (HVT-97), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
