Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Werner C., who was born in Essen, Germany in 1921. He recalls his parents' German patriotism; social barriers between German and "eastern" Jews; anti-Semitic incidents in school; expulsion in 1938; attending a Jewish school in Cologne; destruction of their home on Kristallnacht; imprisonment, then transfer to Dachau; help from a cousin; and release due to the intervention of a friend who was an influential Nazi and his promise to emigrate (his mother obtained a commitment from Erich Klibansky for Mr. C. to accompany a children's transport). He recalls studying in London; arranging his sister's emigration in August 1939; internment in Shropshire and the Isle of Man as an "enemy alien"; release because he was a student; German bombing attacks; providing emotional support for his sister; learning his parents had perished; working in Germany after the war; emigrating to the United States in 1946; and marriage to a survivor in 1951. Mr. C. discusses the psychological aspects of concentration camp life, of his parents' death, and of being a refugee; the emotional impact on his children; and becoming an observant Jew because of his wife. He shows family photographs.
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1993
- Interview Date
- March 28, 1993.
- Locale
- Germany
Cologne (Germany)
Essen (Germany)
London (England)
Isle of Man
Shropshire (England) - Cite As
- Werner C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2437). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 15 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Noncitizens Evacuation and relocation.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Mutual aid.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Brothers and sisters. Noncitizens. Aliens. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Jews--Germany--Social conditions. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Cologne (Germany) Essen (Germany) Germany. London (England) Isle of Man. Kristallnacht, 1938. London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1939-1945. Shropshire (England) Oral histories (document genres) C., Werner,--1921- Klibansky, Erich,--1900-1942. Dachau (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/1091688
- Record last modified:
- 2019-03-11 17:35:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1091688
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