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Arnold K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1520) interviewed by Steven Gonzer and Joan Spiegelman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1520

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Arnold K., who was born in 1923. He recounts enlisting in the United States military when he was nineteen; serving in the Eighth Air Force; visiting Dachau a month after its liberation, having no knowledge of the Holocaust; a pervasive stench; piles of clothing and shoes; and reciting the Kaddish. Mr. K. notes it was many years later that he fully understood what he had seen.
Author/Creator: K., Arnold, 1923-
Published: Wilmington, Del. : Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Center, 1990
Interview Date: April 22, 1990.
Locale: United States
Cite As: Arnold K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1520). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Gonzer, Steven, interviewer.
Spiegelman, Joan, interviewer.

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 (20 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Oral histories (document genres) K., Arnold,--1923- United States.--Army Air Forces.--Air Force, 8th. Dachau (Concentration camp)

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/4283961
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:44:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4283961

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