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Alfi N. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1001) interviewed by Lee Blum and David Terman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1001

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Alfi N., who was born in London, England in 1923. He describes his childhood in an affluent family; joining Habonim when he was eleven; attending technical school; active participation in Hechalutz; working at a kibbutz with young Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria; joining the British military in 1940; fighting throughout Europe; attending a Gordonyah meeting in liberated Brussels; contacts with the Jewish brigade; entering Bergen-Belsen; posing as a Polish soldier in an attempt to locate relatives in other camps; associating himself with the Palmaḥ to smuggle survivors out of camps for illegal immigration to Palestine; discharge from the British military; arranging housing and food in Marseille for survivors illegally traveling to Palestine; assistance from the Joint; sailing with the Exodus in 1947; emigration to Israel in 1948; building a kibbutz; marriage; and his children's births. Mr. N notes that he views himself as a pioneer, not a hero.
Author/Creator: N., Alfi, 1923-
Published: Wilmette, Ill. : Holocaust Education Foundation, 1987
Interview Date: January 25, 1987.
Locale: England
London (England)
Brussels (Belgium)
Marseille (France)
Palestine
Israel
Cite As: Alfi N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1001). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blum, Lee, interviewer.
Terman, David, interviewer.
Notes: The audio quality of this testimony is poor.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (52 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, British. Zionists. England. London (England) Brussels (Belgium) Marseille (France) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Israel. Oral histories (document genres) N., Alfi,--1923- World Habonim (Organization) Hechalutz (Organization) Palmaḥ. Gordonyah--Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association) Exodus 1947 (Ship) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

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/1113644
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:24:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1113644

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