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Nathan G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1885) interviewed by Naomi Rappaport,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1885

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Nathan G., who was born in Guttenberg, New Jersey in 1913. He recalls growing up in a liberal orthodox home in Brooklyn and Minneapolis; active participation in labor Zionist organizations including editing "Jewish Frontier"; visiting Israel and Europe in 1938; speaking publicly in the United States about the Nazi danger; induction into the Army in 1943; one year's training in Mississippi; landing in Marseille in December 1944; moving through France into Germany; encountering a train of prisoners who had been headed for Dachau; visiting Buchenwald in May 1945; talking to survivors about emigrating to Palestine; visiting Dachau; working with Jewish leaders to foster emigration to Palestine; speaking to refugees in Zeilsheim; and viewing the Nuremberg war crime trial for one day. Mr. G. discusses the resilience of survivors and his belief that Israel is essential to Jewish survival.
Author/Creator: G., Nathan, 1913-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
Interview Date: July 27, 1992.
Locale: Germany
Cite As: Nathan G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1885). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testmonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rappaport, Naomi, interviewer.
Notes: Related publication: Jewish Frontier. -- Published by the League for Labor Palestine.

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., 51 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Zionist activities.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. War crime trials--Germany. Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremburg, Germany, 1945-1946. Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., Nathan,--1913- Dachau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Zeilsheim (Displaced persons 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/4284960
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4284960/

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