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Tom S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-3074) interviewed by Robert Krell,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-3074

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Tom S., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1935. He recounts his parents' conversion to Christianity; his brother's birth on March 2, 1944; German occupation on March 19; anti-Jewish laws; visiting his father, who was a doctor, in the assembly place for Jews; his father's deportation; living with his mother, brother, and grandmother in the ghetto from October 1944 until liberation by Soviet troops in February 1945; learning of his father's death in Mauthausen; psychological and physical effects of his war experiences; joining his uncle in Switzerland in June 1947 (his uncle adopted him); and emigrating to Canada in 1951. He relates some experiences which his mother conveyed to him.
Author/Creator: S., Tom, 1935-
Published: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society, 1984
Interview Date: December 12, 1984.
Locale: Hungary
Budapest
Switzerland
Budapest (Hungary)
Cite As: Tom S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3074). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Krell, Robert, 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., 57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
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. Jewish ghettos. Grandparent and child. Jews--Hungary--Budapest. Brothers. Mothers and sons. Switzerland. Hungary. Budapest (Hungary) Oral histories (document genres) S., Tom,--1935-

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/4290313
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
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