Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Gerhard C., who was born in Fraustadt, Germany (presently Wschowa, Poland) in 1920, an only child. He recalls attending gymnasium; expulsion due to antisemitic restrictions; antisemitic violence; his father's imprisonment and transfer to Berlin; moving there with his mother; his father's release; attending school; working for a sign company; his father's reluctance to emigrate thinking his status as a decorated war veteran offered protection; deportation with his parents to the Łódź ghetto in 1941; transfer three days later to Poznan (he never saw his parents again); becoming ill; his friends trading his jacket for medication from civilian workers; public hangings; transfer to Auschwitz, then Myslowice (Fürstengrube); privileged status as a sign painter; transfer to Dachau, then Dora; receiving extra food from an SS man; transfer to Nordhausen, then Bergen-Belsen; liberation by British troops; traveling to Hannover; living in Celle; marriage in 1947; his daughter's birth; locating relatives in Switzerland through the Red Cross; visiting them; and emigration to the United States via Bremerhaven in 1949 with assistance from UNRRA.
- Published
- Columbus, Ohio : Children of Holocaust Survivors, Columbus Chapter, 1987
- Interview Date
- July 26, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Germany
Wschowa (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
Hannover (Germany)
Celle (Germany)
Switzerland
Bremerhaven (Germany) - Cite As
- Gerhard C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-998). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (47 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Refugee camps. Germany. Wschowa (Poland) Berlin (Germany) Hannover (Germany) Celle (Germany) Switzerland. Bremerhaven (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) C., Gerhard,--1920- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Myslowice (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Nordhausen (Concentration camp) Dora (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4282799
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4282799
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