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Martin R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-992) interviewed by Pam Goodman and Gabriele Schiff,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-992

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Martin R., who was born in Posen, Germany (presently Poznań, Poland) in 1908. He describes his father's death as a Prussian officer in World War I; his mother's strong German identification; moving to Berlin with his family in 1918; attending school in Bütow; antisemitic incidents; joining a family lumber business in Danzig in 1936; moving to Warsaw in 1938; German invasion; traveling to many places to avoid German capture; arriving in Amsterdam in November 1939; German invasion; escaping by boat; incarceration as an enemy alien in many places, including St. John's, Newfoundland and Jamaica; and emigration to Cuba, then to the United States.
    Author/Creator
    R., Martin, 1908-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1988
    Interview Date
    May 15, 1988.
    Locale
    Canada
    Germany
    Poznań (Poland)
    Lublin (Poland)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Bütow (Germany)
    Gdańsk (Poland)
    Lʹviv (Ukraine)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Amsterdam (Netherlands)
    St. John's (N.L.)
    Jamaica
    Havana (Cuba)
    Cite As
    Martin R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-992). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Schiff, Gabriele, interviewer.
    Notes
    Additional written materials are available in the repository.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (58 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Soviet occupation.
    Noncitizens Evacuation and relocation.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282792
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4282792

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