Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Eric H., who was born in Bad Salzuflen, Germany in 1924. He recalls being raised by his grandmother in Gemünd (his mother died in childbirth); cordial relations with non-Jews prior to 1933; Nazi schoolteachers; Hitler's visit in 1937; Kristallnacht; forced liquidation of the family business; moving to Cologne with his father and stepmother; his father's brief incarceration in Sachsenhausen; moving to Brussels; German invasion; traveling to Lille; returning to Brussels; his father's incarceration in St. Cyprien and Les Milles in 1941; traveling to Marseille with his stepmother; their incarceration in Les Milles with his father in August 1942; his parents' deportation (he never saw them again); hiding among children sent to Marseille; transfer to Les Milles and Rivesaltes; release to a Jewish rescue organization and going to Perpignan; living in Lot-et-Garonne; arrest and incarceration in Gurs; assistance from Spanish prisoners; volunteering for forced labor in a coal mine to avoid deportation; posing as a Spaniard; escape; joining the Resistance in 1943; hiding in a hospital; obtaining false papers; liberating Marseille; fighting with the French Army in Italy; and emigration to the United States in 1947. He discusses his terror of deportations while in camps and avoiding that fate.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
- Interview Date
- May 24, 1993.
- Locale
- France
Germany
Bad Salzuflen (Germany)
Gemünd (Germany)
Cologne (Germany)
Brussels (Belgium)
Lille (France)
Marseille (France)
Perpignan (France)
Lot-et-Garonne (France) - Cite As
- Eric H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2643). 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 (2 hr., 50 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
False papers.
Hiding.
Aid by non-Jews.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Postwar experiences.
Resistance. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, French. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Escapes. Friendship. Germany. Bad Salzuflen (Germany) Gemünd (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Cologne (Germany) Brussels (Belgium) Lille (France) Marseille (France) Perpignan (France) Lot-et-Garonne (France) Oral histories (document genres) H., Eric,--1924- Saint-Cyprien (Concentration camp) Rivesaltes (Concentration camp) Gurs (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/4288473
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288473
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