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Egon S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2001) interviewed by Jaschael Pery,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2001

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Egon S., who was born in Rheydt, Germany in 1924. He recalls attending Jewish elementary school, then a secular gymnasium; antisemitism; expulsion from school; commuting to a Jewish school in Düsseldorf; his father's arrest during Kristallnacht; his release upon promising to leave Germany; his father's emigration to Cuba; traveling with his mother and sister to Cuba aboard the Saint Louis in May 1939; the Cuban government's refusal to allow any passengers to debark; returning to Europe; living in Brussels; receiving support from HIAS; joining his father in the United States in April 1940; entering the United States Army in 1943; fighting in Italy and Africa; serving in Austria interrogating Germans; learning about the Holocaust; and returning to the United States in 1946.
Author/Creator: S., Egon, 1924-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
Interview Date: February 20, 1992.
Locale: Rheydt (Germany)
Austria
Germany
Düsseldorf (Germany)
Brussels (Belgium)
Cite As: Egon S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2001). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Pery, Jaschael, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (50 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Rheydt (Germany) Austria. Germany. Düsseldorf (Germany) Brussels (Belgium) Oral histories (document genres) S., Egon,--1924- St. Louis (Ship) HIAS (Agency)

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/4285903
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:23:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4285903

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