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Coenraad R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1131) interviewed by Kay Farbee and Murray Berger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1131

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Coenraad R., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1917, one of six children. In addition to information in a previously recorded testimony, Mr. R. recounts forced labor building a canal in Staphorst; his wife smuggling him food; working as a nurse in Westerbork; his wife sending him food; slave labor in many camps; sharing extra food he received for tailoring; and Czechs throwing them food when they were transferred in open train cars. He shows photographs and documents.
Author/Creator: R., Coenraad, 1917-
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
Interview Date: October 24 and November 15, 1987.
Locale: Netherlands
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Staphorst (Netherlands)
Cite As: Coenraad R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1131). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Berger, Murray,
Farbee, Kay, interviewer.
Notes: Copies of additional printed materials are available in the repository.

Related material: Coenraad R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-759), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. submaster; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 2 videorecordings (2 hr., 4 min. and 1 hr., 57 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Netherlands. Amsterdam (Netherlands) Staphorst (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) R., Coenraad,--1917- Westerbork (Concentration camp) Annaberg (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (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/4294806
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294806

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