- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Harry T., who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1922. He recalls anti-Semitic violence in school; active participation in a Zionist organization; German occupation; destroying Zionist documents with Jacob Edelstein; Edelstein's concept of avoiding death transports through internal deportations; a leadership position under Edelstein in Theresienstadt; compiling lists of deportees under duress; attempting to save children, providing education and medical care; public hangings, starvation, and fear; Edelstein's anguish when forced to attend executions; Edelstein's deportation to Auschwitz for attempting to shorten deportation lists; his own narrow escape from deportation; and Paul Eppstein replacing Edelstein. Mr. T. describes deportation to Auschwitz with his mother and brother; assignment to the children's camp; his hearing loss from a severe beating; assignment to a forced labor brigade rebuilding a destroyed factory; attempting suicide; the death march to Sachsenhausen; liberation by Soviet troops; hospitalization; posing as a Christian in Germany; reunion with his parents in Prague; marriage; and emigration to Israel. He discusses the organization of Theresienstadt; his feelings in the camps; and his present lack of energy and desire for quiet and peace due to his camp experiences.
- Author/Creator
- T., Harry, 1922-
- Published
- Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1985
- Interview Date
- October 16, 1985, October 30, 1985, and November 13, 1985.
- Locale
- Czechoslovakia
Prague (Czech Republic)
Israel
- Cite As
- Harry T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1803). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Choshen, Dina, interviewer.
Dobkin, Amit, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
