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Bernard A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1253) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Jeannie Miller,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1253

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Bernard A., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in approximately 1915, an only child. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; attending high school; anti-Jewish legislation preventing him from attending university; arrest with his father on Kristallnacht; their deportation to Buchenwald; his father's release as a World War I veteran; his release after five weeks, based on his promise to emigrate; returning home; emigration to London in February 1939; receiving letters from his parents, first from Belgium, then from France; emigrating to the United States in winter 1940; living with his aunt; receiving notice his parents had been deported (they did not survive); and completing his education after the war.
Author/Creator: A., Bernard, 1915?-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1988
Interview Date: December 6, 1988.
Locale: Germany
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Cite As: Bernard A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1253). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 4 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; Betacam SP restoration submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 8 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Nuremberg laws.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Kristallnacht, 1938. Germany. Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) A., Bernard,--1915?- Buchenwald (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/4294958
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4294958

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