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Herman H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2083) interviewed by Pam Goodman and Kathy Strochlic,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2083

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Herman H., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924. He recounts that his parents were divorced; living with his mother; attending public school until 1935; transferring to a Jewish school due to anti-Jewish laws; destruction of his mother's furniture store on Kristallnacht; being sent with his younger brother to an uncle in Brussels; living with relatives in Antwerp, Brunoy, then being returned to Antwerp; learning his mother had emigrated to England and his father to Palestine; German invasion in 1940; he and his brother living on their own; being caught in a round-up in 1942; his brother's escape; forced labor on France's Atlantic coast for Organisation Todt; hospitalization in Boulogne; deportation to Auschwitz via Malines; attending brick-laying school; working in a Krupp factory; trading with Polish workers for food and cigarettes; a privileged job as a mechanic; smuggling letters between male and female prisoners; trading with Polish civilian workers for food and sharing it with others; women smuggling explosives to the Sonderkommando that blew up a crematorium; a death march and train transport to Gross-Rosen in January 1945; transfer to Bolkenhain; a death march to Wrocław, then train transport to Buchenwald; life-saving assistance from prisoners who ran the camp; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Weimar; returning to Brussels; assistance from the Joint and HIAS; reunion with his brother; emigrating to join relatives in the United States; and marriage. Mr. H. notes having nightmares for several years after the war and his daughters' current interest in his experiences. He shows photographs and documents.
    Author/Creator
    H., Herman, 1924-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
    Interview Date
    May 22, 1990.
    Locale
    Germany
    Berlin (Germany)
    Brussels (Belgium)
    Brunoy (France)
    Antwerp (Belgium)
    Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
    Wrocław (Poland)
    Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Cite As
    Herman H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2083). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 57 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Crystal Night, 1938.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mutual aid.
    Concentration camps Revolts.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.
    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. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Death marches. Nightmares. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Brussels (Belgium) Brunoy (France) Antwerp (Belgium) Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) Wrocław (Poland) Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) Oral histories (document genres) H., Herman,--1924- Organisation Todt (Germany) Malines (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fried. Krupp AG. Gross-Rosen (Concentration camp) Bolkenhain (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) HIAS (Agency) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4286345
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:40:00
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