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David L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2578) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2578

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David L., who was born in Sadgora, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Ukraine) in 1910, one of four children. Mr. L. recounts his family fleeing the Russians during World War I to Vienna, via Budapest; his father's and uncle's military service in the war (his uncle was killed); his family's orthodoxy; participating in Zionist groups; visiting relatives in Palestine in 1920; completing gymnasium and medical school; frequent antisemitic harassment; Austrian receptiveness to the Anschluss in March 1938; dismissal from his research position; his father's and grandfather's imprisonment; bringing his father medicine in prison; and emigration to Sweden in 1938, then the United States in 1939 with assistance from a former colleague. Mr. L. notes his family survived by emigrating to France, then Switzerland, and that he brought them to the United States after the war. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: L., David, 1910-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
Interview Date: May 10, 1993.
Locale: Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Sadhora (Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine)
Budapest (Hungary)
Palestine
Sweden
Cite As: David L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2578). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 7 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Sadhora (Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine) Budapest (Hungary) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Palestine. Sweden. Oral histories (document genres) L., David,--1910-

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/4296875
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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