Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Charles F., who was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1923. He remembers SA street marches; his parents' divorce; attending boarding school in Austria; moving to Florence with his mother; moving to Berlin because his father wished him to have a German education; the 1936 Olympics; attending boarding school in Coburg; destruction of his school on Kristallnacht; his father's arrest; moving to Paris with his mother; attending boarding school; German invasion; joining his mother in La Bourboule; their move to Nice; attending hotel management school; traveling illegally to Port-Bou, Spain via Perpignan and Cerbère when Italy invaded; their move to Lisbon; emigration to the United States in 1941; being drafted into the United States military in 1943; interrogating German prisoners of war; entering Nordhausen upon its liberation; assisting in preparations for the Nuremberg Trials; and his father's emigration to the United States (he survived hiding in Berlin) and subsequent return to Germany. Mr. F. shows photographs.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
- Interview Date
- March 15, 1994.
- Locale
- Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
Florence (Italy)
Berlin (Germany)
Coburg (Germany)
Paris (France)
La Bourboule (France)
Perpignan (France)
Cerbère (France)
Port-Bou (Spain)
Nice (France)
Lisbon (Portugal) - Cite As
- Charles F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2901). 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., 11 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Postwar experiences.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Liberator. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. War crime trials--Germany. Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Nuremberg (Germany) Florence (Italy) Berlin (Germany) Coburg (Germany) Paris (France) La Bourboule (France) Perpignan (France) Cerbère (France) Port-Bou (Spain) Nice (France) Lisbon (Portugal) Kristallnacht, 1938. Oral histories (document genres) F., Charles,--1923- Nordhausen (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/4289210
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4289210
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