Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Andrew S., who was born in Potrete, Hungary, in 1929. This testimony includes and expands upon the information from an earlier interview (HVT-495). Mr. S. details his family history; the origins of prewar antisemitism; and increasingly severe anti-Jewish laws. He graphically describes the loss of privacy and dignity during deportation; local people's sympathy; intense feelings of being lost and humiliated upon arrival in Auschwitz; the importance of the prisoners' caring about each other; and longing for a normal life in abnormal circumstances. He reflects on his recent visits to the camps; the process of comprehending the Holocaust; the necessity of arousing people from apathy and indifference; and his desire to share his experience with his children.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- September 22, 1989.
- Locale
- Potrete (Hungary)
Nagykanizsa (Hungary)
Hungary - Cite As
- Andrew S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1278). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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Associated material: Andrew S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-495), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr., 39 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Aid by non-Jews. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Forced labor. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects. Friendship. Cannibalism. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects. Potrete (Hungary) Nagykanizsa (Hungary) Hungary. Oral histories (document genres) S., Andrew,--1929- Birkenau (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Ebensee (Concentration camp) Melk (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/1090366
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1090366
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