Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fred R., who was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1920. He recalls his father's death in 1931; experiencing antisemitism beginning in 1933; the impact of the Nuremberg laws; transferring to a Jewish school in 1935, then to a school in Milan in 1936; and emigration to the United States in 1938. Mr. R. recounts his mother joining him in 1939; his draft into the United States military in 1943; serving in the Office of Strategic Services in London and Paris; broadcasting from London to Germany; interrogating a German general in Paris; spying in Aachen; participating in Dachau's liberation; and General William Donovan assigning him to the war crime trials at Nuremberg. He discusses the Nazi doctors' cases and human medical experiments documented at the trials; interrogating Göring; his disappointment as the severity of the sentences diminished; and sharing his experiences with his son.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1991
- Interview Date
- November 12, 1991.
- Locale
- United States
Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
Milan (Italy)
London (England)
Paris (France)
Aachen (Germany) - Cite As
- Fred R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2300). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 13 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Nuremberg laws. - Subjects
- Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Draft--United States. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. War crime trials--Germany. Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946. Human experimentation in medicine. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Germany. Nuremberg (Germany) Milan (Italy) London (England) Paris (France) Aachen (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) R., Fred,--1920-2005. Donovan, William J.--(William Joseph),--1883-1959. Göring, Hermann,--1893-1946. United States.--Office of Strategic Services. Dachau (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/4287265
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4287265
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