Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Hermann R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1913 to Polish immigrants. He describes his father's military service; their orthodox home; the rich cultural life and the vibrant Jewish community; attending public school; antisemitic incidents in engineering school; the socialist uprising in 1934; the Anschluss; anti-Jewish measures; his father's decision to leave Austria even if the family separated; his sister's emigration to England; fleeing to Freiburg with his friend; obtaining false German citizenship documents; crossing to Luxembourg; traveling to Brussels, with assistance from a Jewish immigration organization in August 1938; arranging his parents' and brothers' emigration to Brussels; and emigrating to the United States in December 1939.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1990
- Interview Date
- December 7, 1990.
- Locale
- Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)
Luxembourg
Brussels (Belgium) - Cite As
- Hermann R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1541). 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 (3 hrs.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
False papers. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Austria--History--Socialist Uprising, 1934. Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) Luxembourg. Brussels (Belgium) Oral histories (document genres) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. R., Hermann,--1913-
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/1118456
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1118456
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