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Rudolf F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1262) interviewed by Habib Nathan and Ted Zinnreich,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1262

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Rudolf F., who was born in Krojanke, Germany in 1922. He recalls his family's move to Berlin in 1933; purchasing false papers; their emigration to Antwerp in 1937; attending a Jewish boarding school; German invasion; learning his family was in France; traveling to Perpignan; finding them in Montélimar; incarceration in a labor camp; escaping to join his family; his mother's deportation (he never saw her again); his brother being hidden in a convent; joining the Resistance in Lyon; living in Grenoble; obtaining a false identity from the mayor; arrest in Nice; incarceration in Drancy; deportation with his father to Auschwitz in 1943; assignment to Buna/Monowitz; assistance from a kapo and his cousin; Allied bombings; killing wounded Germans for revenge; separation from his father (he never saw him again); Jewish scholars teaching them; hospitalization; the death march to Gleiwitz in January 1945; train transport to Buchenwald; Czechs throwing them food; transfer to Bergen-Belsen; cannibalism; liberation by British troops; transport to Paris; reunion with his sister in Belgium; emigration to the United States; and his Air Force career. Mr. F. discusses lack of self confidence, fears, and depression due to his experiences; camp life; and relations between prisoner groups.
    Author/Creator
    F., Rudolf, 1922-
    Published
    San Antonio, Tex. : Children of the Holocaust-Second Generation of San Antonio, 1987
    Interview Date
    November 15, 1987.
    Locale
    France
    Krajenka (Poland)
    Germany
    Berlin (Germany)
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    Montélimar (France)
    Perpignan (France)
    Lyon (France)
    Grenoble (France)
    Nice (France)
    Paris (France)
    Cite As
    Rudolf F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1262). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Nathan, Habib, interviewer.
    Zinnreich, Ted, interviewer.

    Physical Details

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

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    False papers.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Resistance.
    Mutual aid.
    Hospitals in concentration camps.
    Postwar experiences.
    Postwar effects.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Migrations. Refugees, Jewish. Escapes. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. Fathers and sons. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Death marches. Revenge. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Krajenka (Poland) Germany. Berlin (Germany) Antwerp (Belgium) Montélimar (France) Perpignan (France) Lyon (France) Grenoble (France) Nice (France) Paris (France) Oral histories (document genres) F., Rudolf1922- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Drancy (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Monowitz (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4283571
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:58:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4283571

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