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Heinz P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1268) interviewed by Helen Katz and Barbara Hadley Katz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1268

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Heinz P., who was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1926. He describes his Jewish mother and non-Jewish father; his parents' divorce in 1929; his father joining the Nazi party; his father's remarriage; Kristallnacht in Oberkassel; moving to live with his father in Berlin in 1939; the outbreak of war; his father arranging his admission to a boarding school in Garmisch; his father's death in December 1941; returning to Oberkassel; his mother's deportation to Theresienstadt; living with his aunts in Dortmund, then Dresden, in 1942; working at a photo studio, then at an ammunition factory in December 1944; the bombardment of Dresden; fleeing to Nuremberg, then Münzberg; an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Swiss border; his arrest and interrogation; admitting that he is half Jewish; forced labor in Salza; the death march; escaping to Sigmaringen; liberation by French troops; traveling with a French hospital to Baden-Baden; reunion with his mother in Düsseldorf; and emigrating to the United States in 1949. He discusses his difficult adjustment to a new life, and his experiences resulting in numerous health problems.
    Author/Creator
    P., Heinz, 1926-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
    Interview Date
    December 16, 1996.
    Locale
    Germany
    Düsseldorf (Germany)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Oberkassel (Germany)
    Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
    Dortmund (Germany)
    Dresden (Germany)
    Nuremberg (Germany)
    Münzberg (Germany)
    Sigmaringen (Germany)
    Baden-Baden (Germany)
    Cite As
    Heinz P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1268). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Katz, Helen, interviewer.
    Katz, Barbara Hadley, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: Betacam SP master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 34 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Crystal Night, 1938.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Postwar experiences.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar effects.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4283577
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:44:00
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