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George R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1335) interviewed by Ellen Nusgart and David Conn,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1335

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of George R. who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1929. He recalls growing up in Budapest, Hungary ; increasing anti-Jewish restrictions; German occupation in March 1944; compulsory service in a Hungarian labor battalion; attack by Soviet planes; deportation from Budapest to Buchenwald in December 1944; transfer three weeks later to Neubrandenburg, then to Ravensbrück and Ludwigslust in April; and liberation. He describes travelling to the English zone; working for the Joint in Frankfurt; emigration to the United States; two years recuperating from tuberculosis in Denver; and his parents' emigration to Israel and then the United States ten years later.
Author/Creator: R., George, 1929-
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
Interview Date: September 19, 1989.
Locale: Hungary
Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Budapest (Hungary)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Cite As: George R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1335). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Nusgart, Ellen, interviewer.
Conn, David, 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., 46 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
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. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Hungary. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Budapest (Hungary) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) R., George,--1929- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Ludwigslust (Concentration camp) Neubrandenburg (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/1055911
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:24:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1055911

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