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Georg P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1534) interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Marcia Weissberg,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1534

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Georg P., who was born in Rakovník, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recounts attending high school; visiting Prague frequently; his family's desire to leave after the Munich agreement; arranging to attend New York University with assistance from his uncle in New York; obtaining a visa from German authorities in Prague in September 1939; emigration to the United States; and corresponding with his family until the United States entered the war in 1941. Mr. P. discusses learning from a cousin that his parents and sisters were killed in Auschwitz; receiving his sister's diary after the war; and sharing his experiences with his children.
Author/Creator: P., Georg, 1921-
Published: Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989
Interview Date: March 29, 1989.
Locale: Czechoslovakia
Rakovník (Czech Republic : Okres)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Cite As: Georg P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1534). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
Weissberg, Marcia, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (46 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Survivor-child relations.
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. Czechoslovakia. Rakovník (Czech Republic : Okres) Prague (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) P., Georg,--1921-

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/4295392
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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