Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of William N., who was born in Gänsendorf, Austria in 1916. He recalls moving with his family, at the age two, to Czechoslovakia; antisemitic incidents; joining the socialist group "Red Falcon" in Steyr, and later a Zionist youth group in Vienna; being drafted into the Austrian army in 1937; one month's service in the German army after the Anschluss; persecution of Austrian Jews; Abraham Stern organizing illegal emigration from Austria; traveling from a port near Athens to Palestine via Belgrade and Thessalonikē; joining the Irgun, then the Stern Group; and organizing the Irgun's illegal emigration from France to Palestine after the war. Mr. N. discusses his underground Zionist activities in Palestine; his anger when ordered to join the British army after the outbreak of war; and recent trips to Steyr, Austria.
- Published
- Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1990
- Interview Date
- June 14, 1990.
- Locale
- Germany
Austria
Gänsendorf (Austria)
Palestine
Vienna (Austria)
Belgrade (Serbia)
Thessanlonikē (Greece)
Steyr (Austria) - Cite As
- William N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2263). 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 (58 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Zionist organizations.
Antisemitism Prewar. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Zionists. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Draft. Draft--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, British. Austria. Gänsendorf (Austria) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Vienna (Austria) Belgrade (Serbia) Thessanlonikē (Greece) Steyr (Austria) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) N., William,--1916- Stern, Abraham,--1907-1942. Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʼel. Irgun tsevaʼi leʼumi.
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/1094363
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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