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Irving G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1529) interviewed by Joan Bang and Bernard Weinstein,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1529

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Irving G., who was born in 1919 and served with the United States Army in a signal battalion in World War II. He recounts landing at Omaha Beach; moving toward Germany during the Battle of the Bulge; entering a concentration camp after the Germans had left; emaciated inmates who looked like "skeletons"; soldiers giving them their rations; speaking Yiddish with a prisoner; later entering Nordhausen; piles of corpses; the pervasive stench; locals feigning ignorance of the camp; and not sharing his experiences after returning home. Mr. G. discusses nightmares about the camps and recently sharing his experiences with his children and others.
Author/Creator: G., Irving, 1919-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
Interview Date: June 22, 1989.
Locale: United States
Cite As: Irving G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1529). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Bang, Joan, interviewer.
Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Liberator.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Nightmares. United States--Armed Forces--Europe. Oral histories (document genres) G., Irving,--1919- Nordhausen (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/4295382
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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