Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Kurt B., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1923. He recalls antisemitic incidents in public school in 1935; transferring to a Jewish school; assistance from his father's business partner; loss of the family business after Kristallnacht; forced relocation to Mülheim; arrest of his father and brother in 1939 (he never saw them again); his mother's deportation (he never saw her again); moving to Berlin and Frankfurt posing as a non-Jew with false papers; arrest in Leipzig; transfer to Klingelpuetz prison; forced labor in Koeln/Deutz; deportation to Auschwitz; finding strength in observing Jewish holidays and praying with other prisoners; enduring beatings and sadistic punishments; sharing food with a friend; public hangings; a death march during which his friend was killed; transport to Dachau, then Waldlager; railroad work; and liberation from a train by United States troops. Mr. B. describes recuperating with assistance from a German doctor; returning to Cologne; living in Feldafing; and emigrating to the United States in 1947 with assistance from HIAS. He discusses the importance of his acceptance by the religious Jews in Auschwitz; pride in being Jewish; and recurring nightmares.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
- Interview Date
- March 21, 1994.
- Locale
- Germany
Cologne (Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Leipzig (Germany)
Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) - Cite As
- Kurt B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2895). 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., 48 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar.
False papers.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Forced labor. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Death marches. Nightmares. Germany. Cologne (Germany) Kristallnacht, 1938. Berlin (Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Leipzig (Germany) Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. B., Kurt,--1923- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Waldlager V (Concentration camp) Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) 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/4289112
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4289112
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