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Gerry S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2543) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2543

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Gerry S., who was born in Oberlauringen, Germany in 1935. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; his father's arrest on Kristallnacht; his family's emigration to Oslo in March 1939 with assistance from an uncle who was a rabbi there; cordial relations with non-Jews; German invasion in April 1940; his uncle's arrest and deportation in 1942 (he did not survive); his father hiding in a hospital pretending to need surgery; a Norwegian policeman informing his mother of an impending round-up; the underground arranging to hide him, his mother, and sister with non-Jews, then smuggling them into Sweden in December 1942; living with an uncle in Stockholm; reunion with his father after his escape; his parents' assisting camp survivors after the war; his bar mitzvah in 1948; and emigration to the United States in July 1949; assistance from HIAS. Mr. S. discusses the difficult adjustment for his parents and shows photographs.
Author/Creator: S., Gerry, 1935-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: February 2, 1993.
Locale: Norway
Germany
Oberlauchringen (Lauchringen, Germany)
Oslo (Norway)
Stockholm (Sweden)
Cite As: Gerry S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2543). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

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., 21 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
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. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Norway. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Bar mitzvah. Germany. Oberlauchringen (Lauchringen, Germany) Oslo (Norway) Stockholm (Sweden) Oral histories (document genres) S., Gerry,--1935- 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/4287854
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:23:00
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