- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Henry F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1918. He recalls growing up in a large family; their poverty (his father was disabled in World War I); the day Hitler became chancellor; one sister's emigration to England; stores and synagogues being burned on Kristallnacht; forced labor in a munitions factory in 1940 and 1941; one sister's deportation with her family to Rīga (he never saw them again); deportation with his mother and other sisters to Theresienstadt; volunteering for forced labor in Wulkow to exempt his family from deportation out of Theresienstadt; returning to Theresienstadt; learning from his sister that the rest of his family had been deported to Auschwitz; working in the camp mental hospital where patients were often killed; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. F. recounts searching for surviving family in Berlin; living in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1946; marriage to a survivor; visiting Berlin in 1974; and discussing his experiences with his children and grandchildren.
- Author/Creator
- F., Henry, 1918-
- Published
- Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 7, 1992.
- Locale
- Germany
Berlin (Germany)
- Cite As
- Henry F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2442). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Zeiler, Rivie, interviewer.
Harrison, Beatrice, interviewer.
- Notes
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Associated material: Henry F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3969), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
