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Erich H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1187) interviewed by Anna Rosen and Kathy Strochlic,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1187

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Erich H., who was born in Essen, Germany in 1920. He recalls his family's move to Cologne in 1924, then to Rinteln; his family's strong German identity (they had been in Germany since the sixteenth century); his bar mitzvah in 1934; attending a trade school; working in Cologne; his father's refusal to emigrate; release from the draft because he was Jewish; Kristallnacht; receiving emigration documents from Bolivia in November 1939; departing from Cologne to Holland in February 1940; traveling to Panama, then Arica, Chile; living with his relatives in La Paz; and emigrating to the United States in May 1947. Mr. H. discusses receiving his father's last letter through German neighbors; learning his parents were deported to Minsk; trips to Germany in 1971 and 1985; sharing his experiences with his children; and continuing hostile feelings toward Germans and Germany.
Author/Creator: H., Erich, 1920-
Published: New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
Interview Date: April 29, 1989.
Locale: Germany
Essen (Germany)
Cologne (Germany)
Rinteln (Germany)
Netherlands
Panama
Arica (Chile)
La Paz (Bolivia)
Cite As: Erich H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1187). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rosen, Anna, interviewer.
Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.

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 (1 hr., 36 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Draft--Germany. Jews--Migrations. Germany. Essen (Germany) Cologne (Germany) Rinteln (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Netherlands. Panama. Arica (Chile) La Paz (Bolivia) Oral histories (document genres) H., Erich,--1920-

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/1100282
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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