LEADER 04868cpd a2200625 a 4500001 4293431 005 20180604132801.0 008 980731s1984 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702234340 035 HVT-333 035 |9FLW7657YL 035 4293431 040 CtY |beng |cCtY |eappm 079 (OCoLC)702156817 090 |bHVT-333 100 1 S., Walter, |d1918?- 245 10 Walter S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-333) |h[videorecording] / |cinterviewed by Sidney Elsner, |fJuly 9, 1984. 260 Cleveland, Ohio : |bNational Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, |c1984. 300 1 videorecording (2 hr., 45 min.) : |bcol. 520 Videotape testimony of Werner S., who was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in approximately 1918. He recalls his family's affluence; his father's service in World War I; close relations with non-Jews; expulsion from gymnasium after Hitler's ascent; working in the building trades; his sister's emigration to Kenya; his father's strong German identity; assistance from non-Jews, including a nun; gradual anti-Jewish restrictions; Kristallnacht (he and his father were among the few males not arrested); deportation with his parents to the Rīga ghetto in January 1942; a privileged position as a bricklayer; surviving through smuggling; transfer with his parents to Stutthof; separation from his mother; increasing physical debilitation and frequent beatings; escaping with a friend from a death march; identifying themselves as German soldiers when they were caught (they were both blond); imprisonment; transfer to the non-Jewish section of Stutthof; escaping with his friend from another death march; hiding on a farm; liberation by Soviet troops; living in Bydgoszcz; returning to Latvia, searching for his parents; learning they had perished; living in Berlin; emigration to join an uncle in the United States in 1949; and marriage to an American in 1951. Mr. S. notes anger at Hollywood representations of the Holocaust; attributing his survival to luck, looking German, and knowing the language; his strong belief in God, although not in organized religion; and fighting prejudice as a memorial to those killed in the Holocaust. 524 Walter S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-333). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library. 562 |e2 copies: |b3/4 in. dub; |band 1/2 in. VHS with time coding. 600 10 S., Walter, |d1918?- 610 20 Stutthof (Concentration camp) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97029619 650 0 Holocaust survivors. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527 650 0 Video tapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214 650 0 Men. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vPersonal narratives. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Jewish. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465 650 0 Jewish ghettos. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007077 650 0 Jews |zLatvia |zRīga. 650 0 Kristallnacht, 1938. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034487 650 0 Forced labor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050453 650 0 Death marches. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95006384 650 0 Escapes. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044783 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xPrisoners and prisons, German. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148474 650 0 Faith. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046928 650 0 Mothers and sons. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087539 650 0 Fathers and sons. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047455 651 0 Gelsenkirchen (Germany) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81014408 651 0 Germany. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 651 0 Bydgoszcz (Poland) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81039923 651 0 Berlin (Germany) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79034972 655 7 Oral histories (document genres) |2aat |0http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595 690 4 Antisemitism |yPrewar. 690 4 Crystal Night, 1938. 690 4 Aid by non-Jews. 690 4 Mutual aid. 690 4 Hiding. 690 4 Postwar experiences. 691 4 Rīga ghetto. 852 Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, |bYale University Library, |eBox 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240. 902 |b4672779 903 |yDigital testimony (mssa.hvt.0333) |uhttps://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/k35m902740 904 |yFor information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here. |uhttps://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/