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a| HVT-751
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a| C., Alfred,
d| 1924-
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a| Alfred C. Holocaust testimony (HVT-751)
h| [videorecording] /
c| interviewed by Diane Fagelman and Peter Ullman,
f| March 16, 1986.
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a| Dallas, Tex. :
b| Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies,
c| 1986.
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a| 1 videorecording (1 hr., 45 min.) :
b| col.
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a| Videotape testimony of Alfred C., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1924, the younger of two brothers. He recounts his grandfather was a cantor and his father an opera singer; his father's dismissal from his job in 1933 due to Nazi anti-Jewish laws; their resulting poverty; assistance from the Jewish community; attending a Jewish school; antisemitic harassment and boycotts; obtaining documents for two from relatives in the United States; his father's and brother's emigration in June 1938; his father and brother obtaining visas for him and his mother; traveling to Hamburg on Kristallnacht; the ship journey to the U.S.; his father's work as an entertainer; military draft; assignment to intelligence training due to his fluent German; deployment in Europe with the 78th Infantry Division and following the 4th Armored Division; interrogating prisoners in Germany; visiting Buchenwald shortly after liberation; piles of corpses, the overwhelming stench, and emaciated survivors; following Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton when they visited; searching for war criminals in Berlin; arresting Mildred Gillars (“Axis Sally”); meeting his brother in Frankfurt; visiting their apartment; finding and shipping home family belongings, including a piano; marriage to the daughter of his parents' friends from Frankfurt; his daughter's birth in 1953; and his career as a teacher. Mr. C. discusses the importance of his family's musical heritage to his life.
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a| Alfred C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-751). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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e| 4 copies:
b| 3/4 in. dub;
b| Betacam SP restoration master;
b| Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
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a| C., Alfred,
d| 1924-
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a| Patton, George S.
q| (George Smith),
d| 1885-1945.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018666
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a| Eisenhower, Dwight D.
q| (Dwight David),
d| 1890-1969.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79066408
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a| Gillars, Mildred,
d| 1900-1988.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004031405
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a| United States.
b| Army.
b| Infantry Division, 78th.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85283045
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a| United States.
b| Army.
b| Armored Division, 4th.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88035098
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a| Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97036997
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a| Holocaust survivors.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061527
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a| Video tapes.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143214
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a| Men.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083510
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a| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
v| Personal narratives.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061518
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a| World War, 1939-1945
v| Personal narratives, Jewish.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465
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a| World War, 1939-1945
x| Children.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148359
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a| Jews
x| Migrations.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070426
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a| Jewish refugees.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112308
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a| Kristallnacht, 1938.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034487
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a| World War, 1939-1945
x| Participation, American.
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a| World War, 1939-1945
x| Participation, Jewish.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148460
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a| Germany.
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931
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a| Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79149017
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a| Berlin (Germany)
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79034972
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a| Hamburg (Germany)
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81086822
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a| Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
0| http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042181
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a| United States
x| Armed Forces
z| Europe.
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a| Oral histories (document genres)
2| aat
0| http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595
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a| Child survivors.
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a| Crystal Night, 1938.
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a| Antisemitism
y| Prewar.
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a| Postwar experiences.
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a| Fagelman, Diane,
e| interviewer.
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a| Ullman, Peter,
e| interviewer.
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a| Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies,
b| Yale University Library,
e| Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
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y| Digital testimony (mssa.hvt.0751)
u| https://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/r/z31ng4h30k
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y| For information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here.
u| https://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/archive/overview/
