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Konrad S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2814) interviewed by Gabrielle Tyrnauer,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2814

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Konrad S., a Romani, who was born in Marburg, Germany, one of ten children. He recounts living in Dillenburg until 1943; incarceration with his family in a concentration camp in Frankfurt; forced labor in the oil industry; frequent Allied air raids; escape in 1945; return to Marburg; and receiving German citizenship. Mr. S. notes difficulty receiving compensation for his war experiences; bad health resulting from those years; and sharing his story with his children. A woman survivor of Auschwitz describes her painful memories of Romani suffering and deaths. They both discuss present anti-Romani conditions in Germany, particularly neo-Nazi violence.
Author/Creator: S., Konrad.
Published: Austria : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1991
Interview Date: July 22, 1991.
Locale: Germany
Marburg (Germany)
Dillenburg (Germany)
Cite As: Konrad S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2814). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Tyrnauer, Gabrielle, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in German.

Physical Details

Language: German
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (26 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Postwar effects.
Postwar experiences.
Survivor-child relations.
Subjects: Video tapes. Concentration camp inmates. Men. Women. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Romani. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Forced labor. Escapes. Families. Romanies--Nazi persecution--Germany. Romanies--Germany--History--20th century. Germany. Marburg (Germany) Dillenburg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) S., Konrad.

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/4288908
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4288908

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