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Walter F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-831) interviewed by Habib Nathan and Faye Rozmaryn,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-831

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Walter F., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1919. He recalls his close family; deciding to leave Austria immediately after the Anschluss; antisemitic harassment by brown-shirted boys; traveling to Italy with a cousin; working in Albanian oil fields; moving to Tirana before receiving their visas; a brief reunion with his father (he was waiting to leave for England to join his wife); emigration to the United States; enlisting in the army; and visiting his parents in London when he was stationed in England. He discusses his desire to forget everything prior to emigration except his family and marriage to an American woman.
Author/Creator: F., Walter, 1919-
Published: San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1986
Interview Date: December 7, 1986.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Tirana (Albania)
Italy
Cite As: Walter F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-831). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Nathan, Habib, interviewer.
Rozmaryn, Faye, 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 (51 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Refugees, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Tirana (Albania) Italy. Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) F., Walter,--1919-

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/4282592
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4282592/

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