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Louis H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1913) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1913

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Louis H., who was born in Flehingen, Germany in 1918. He recalls his family's all-embracing Jewish life prior to Hitler; expulsion from school in 1933 due to anti-Jewish laws; his father's death in 1936; emigrating to Antwerp in 1936, then to the United States in March 1937 to join his sister; bringing his brother and mother to the States; enlistment in the U.S. Army in 1942; serving in France, Holland, and Belgium; participating in the Battle of the Bulge; concerns about being mistaken for a German due to his accent; combat in Germany; entering Nordhausen; shock at the condition of the prisoners and piles of corpses; forcing locals to bury the dead (they claimed ignorance of the camp); supplying food for the prisoners; meeting Soviet troops at the Elbe River; and returning to the United States after Germany surrendered. He shows a ritual spice box received from a prisoner in Germany.
Author/Creator: H., Louis, 1918-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: December 30, 1991.
Locale: Germany
Flehingen (Germany)
Antwerp (Belgium)
United States
Cite As: Louis H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1913). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

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., 8 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Liberator.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Flehingen (Germany) Antwerp (Belgium) United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Oral histories (document genres) H., Louis,--1918- Nordhausen (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/4285134
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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