Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Leo B., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1921, the middle of three children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending Jewish school; participating in Agudat, intending to emigrate to Palestine; preparing for that in Darmstadt; his brother's emigration to Palestine; burning of the synagogue on Kristallnacht; emigrating with his mother, father, and sister to Amsterdam; incarceration with his father in refugee camps; transfer by himself to Deventer, Eindhoven, then Westerbork; finding his father there; arrival of many Jews after German occupation; organizing activities for the children; celebrating Jewish holidays; transfer to Auschwitz, then Gleiwitz; slave labor in a train repair facility; beatings for taking extra food and for having tefillin; hospitalization; transfer to Blechhammer; liberation by Soviet troops; transport to Kraków, then Gleiwitz; volunteering in a hospital; learning his parents and sister were killed; living in Switzerland for six months; illegal emigration to Palestine; reunion with his brother; joining the Haganah; his brother's death in the 1948 war; marriage; the births of two children; and his career as a rehabilitation expert for handicapped people. Mr. B. discusses his loss of faith due to his experiences,
- Published
- Ramat Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, 1986, 1987, and 1988
- Interview Date
- August 12, 1986, June 25, 1987, and January 28, 1988.
- Locale
- Germany
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Darmstadt (Germany)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Kraków (Poland)
Switzerland
Palestine - Cite As
- Leo B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1824). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- 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
- 3 videorecordings (3 hr., 48 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
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. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Fathers and sons. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Forced labor. Faith. Germany. Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Darmstadt (Germany) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Kraków (Poland) Switzerland. Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Oral histories (document genres) B., Leo,--1921- Agudat Israel. Westerbork (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Blechhammer E/3 (Concentration camp) Haganah (Organization)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/4284551
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:53:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4284551
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