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Arnold L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1994) interviewed by Eva Kantor and Sergio Rothstein,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1994

Videotape testimony of Arnold L., who was born in Polzin, Germany (presently Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland) in 1919. He recalls attending public school; expulsion in 1935 due to antisemitism; attending a Zionist agricultural school near Berlin with his brother; visiting his parents in Berlin, where they had been forced to move after confiscation of their assets; moving to a kibbutz in Hessen in 1937, then to another in Grüsen; emigration in 1938 to a town outside Amsterdam in order to leave for Palestine; illegally traveling by ship to Palestine with 1500 other people in 1939 (his brother had emigrated in 1938); living on kibbutzim; the outbreak of war; joining the British Army; serving with the Jewish brigade in Egypt and Italy; accompanying German prisoners from Italy to Innsbruck; assisting survivors in Eindhoven, Holland to emigrate illegally to Palestine; meeting his wife in Brussels; returning to Palestine in 1946; working as a baker during the Israel-Arab War; and emigrating to the United States in 1957. Mr. L. discusses the deportation and deaths of his parents; ignorance of the Holocaust until after the war; and hardships in Israel during the Israel-Arab War.

Author/Creator
L., Arnold, 1919-
Published
New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date
November 10,1991.
Locale
Połczyn Zdrój (Poland)
Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Hesse (Germany)
Grüsen (Germany)
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Palestine
Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Egypt
Innsbruck (Austria)
Brussels (Belgium)
Israel
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Arnold L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1994). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.