Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Andrew G., who was born in Oradea, Rumania in 1929. He recalls holiday observances; his large extended family; anti-Semitic incidents in elementary school; Hungarian occupation; increased restrictions on Jews; German occupation in 1944; ghettoization; and deportation to Auschwitz one month later. Mr. G recounts separation from his parents (he never saw them again); assignment to a children's barrack; escaping to an adult barrack after hearing that the children would be killed; transfer to Kaufering; forced labor; transfer to Dachau; and liberation by United States troops. He tells of traveling with the Jewish Brigade to Italy; living in a displaced persons camp; working for the American Army in Rome for four years; emigrating to the United States in 1949; learning in 1963 that his sister had survived; and a reunion with her in Israel in 1966.
- Published
- Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1987
- Interview Date
- April 3, 1987.
- Locale
- Romania
Oradea
Italy
Rome (Italy)
Oradea (Romania)
Transylvania (Romania) - Cite As
- Andrew G. Holocaust Testimny (HVT-918). 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., 33 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Hungarian occupation.
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 ghettos. Forced labor. Jews--Romania--Oradea. Italy. Rome (Italy) Romania. Oradea (Romania) Transylvania (Romania) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., Andrew,--1929- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Kaufering (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/1083403
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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