LEADER 03840cpd a2200445 a 4500001 11676584 005 20180604133221.0 008 130814s1991 ctu eng d 035 HVT-4459 035 11676584 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)1005111709 090 |bHVT-4459 100 1 T., Norman. 245 10 Norman T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4459) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by David Herman, |fJanuary 24, 1991. 260 London, England : |bBritish Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |c1991. 300 1 videorecording (45 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Norman T., who enlisted in the British military in early 1940. He discusses training; landing in Europe in June 1944; arriving in Celle, Germany on April 14, 1945; learning Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was nearby; arrival there on April 15; being overwhelmed with piles of rotting corpses and the condition of the prisoners; encountering Josef Kramer, the Kommandant; providing food for the prisoners, not realizing it would kill them; a large number of deaths; interrogating Kramer and others; wanting to shoot him and other guards but restraining himself based on his training; other soldiers shooting Germans; encountering a woman prisoner whom he decided to marry; proposing a few days later; leaving a document with her when he had to leave verifying their engagement; and their marriage in a synagogue in Lübeck on October 7, 1945. Mr. T. notes none of the German he encountered showed remorse or admitted guilt but claimed they just followed orders; not sharing his or his wife's story with their children or others, wanting to protect her; returning to Belsen in 1945 at the invitation of the German government; and subsequently speaking to schools with his wife about their experiences. 506 This testimony can only be viewed at Yale by Yale faculty and/or students. 540 The testimony or excerpts from it cannot be used for publication. 500 Related publications: I light a candle / Gena Turgel with Veronica Groocock. -- London : V. Mitchell, c1995. 524 Norman T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4459). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 544 1 |dRelated material: Gena T. Holocaust testimony [wife](HVT-4458),Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 T., Norman. 600 10 Kramer, Josef, |d1906-1945. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83206116 610 20 Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96065702 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, British. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005501 651 0 Lübeck (Germany) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81108828 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Liberator. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b11807381 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.4459) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/jq0sq8qq4j 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/