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Fred R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2300) interviewed by Ronnie Morgan and Lidya Osadchey,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2300

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.

Author/Creator
R., Fred, 1920-2005.
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)
Language
English
Copies
2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Fred R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2300). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.