Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fred D., who was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 1924. He describes growing up in a religious environment; hiding with his family during Kristallnacht, when a German friend dissuaded others from harming them; his family's unsuccessful attempts to emigrate (an older brother emigrated to Palestine); arrest with his father and brother on September 9, 1939; deportation to Sachsenhausen after a few weeks in a local jail; slave labor and harsh conditions; separation from his father upon their transfer to Auschwitz in 1942 (they never saw him again); selection for work in the I. G. Farben factory at Buna-Monowitz; his brother's activities in the camp underground, subsequent denouncement, and public hanging; and escaping during the death march from Auschwitz. Mr. D. recounts returning to Gelsenkirchen; learning that his family had not survived; and emigrating to Palestine. He discusses the solidarity of former Zionist youths in the camps who helped morale, including his own.
- Published
- Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Holocaust Documentation Archives, 1983
- Interview Date
- March 5, 1983.
- Locale
- Germany
Gelsenkirchen (Germany) - Cite As
- Fred D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-406). 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 (1 hr., 30 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Concentration camps Underground movements.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Children. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Forced labor. Germany. Gelsenkirchen (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) Concentration camp inmates--Escapes. Death marches. D., Fred,--1924-2004. Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Monowitz (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/1098950
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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