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Andrew G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-918) : [videorecording] / interviewed by Janet Miller and Natalie Lederman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-918

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.
Author/Creator: G., Andrew, 1929-
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Miller, Janet, interviewer.
Lederman, Natalie, 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., 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: 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/1083403
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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