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Walter N. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1527) interviewed by Peggy Margolis and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1527

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Walter N., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1931, the youngest of three children. He recounts attending a Jewish school; the Austrian people's jubilation at the Anschluss; Hitler youth beating an elderly Jew; ransacking of their apartment, his father's deportation to Dachau, and the synagogue being burned on Kristallnacht; receiving postcards from his father; emigration with his sister to England via Holland on a kindertransport; living in Edinburgh with a Jewish physician's family; one week placement with a Christian family in Dysart; remaining, having bonded with the family and to avoid evacuation as an enemy alien; attending school; intermittent contact with his sister; his brother's and parents' emigration to England; his father's brief internment on the Isle of Man as an enemy alien; reunion with his parents in Edinburgh; remaining in Dysart; living in Glasgow; and emigration with his family to the United States in 1939, with the assistance of relatives. Mr. N. discusses his love for his foster parents in Dysart, and remaining in contact with them. He reads from a letter from his foster sister.
Author/Creator: N., Walter, 1931-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
Interview Date: February 8, 1989.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Netherlands
England
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Dysart (Scotland)
Glasgow (Scotland)
Cite As: Walter N. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1527). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Margolis, Peggy, interviewer.
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., 4 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Anschluss.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Postwar experiences.
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 children in the Holocaust. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Kindertransports (Rescue operations) Brothers and sisters. Foster parents. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Netherlands. England. Edinburgh (Scotland) Dysart (Scotland) Glasgow (Scotland) Oral histories (document genres) N., Walter,--1931-

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/4295376
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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