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Jack A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2728) interviewed by Josie Riger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2728

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jack A., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1927. He recalls a secure family life; changes after the Nuremberg laws, including violent harassment; deportation of Polish Jews in October 1938, including many relatives; one brother's emigration to Palestine in November 1938; burning of synagogues and destruction of his father's store on Kristallnacht; his parents putting him and a brother on a train to the Netherlands; being stopped at the border in Emmerich; assistance from local nuns; traveling to the Netherlands; living in a children's home in Arnhem; arrival of his parents and youngest brother in April 1939; his father's emigration to the United States; and joining him with his mother and brothers in February 1940. Mr. A. discusses their inability to obtain visas for relatives in Europe, most of whom were deported and killed.
Author/Creator: A., Jack, 1927-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1994
Interview Date: May 4, 1994.
Locale: Germany
Netherlands
Cologne (Germany)
Emmerich (Germany)
Arnhem (Netherlands)
Cite As: Jack A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2728). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Riger, Josie, 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., 20 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Nuremberg laws.
Crystal Night, 1938.
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. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Citizenship--Germany. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Kristallnacht, 1938. Orphanages--Netherlands. Brothers. Germany. Cologne (Germany) Emmerich (Germany) Arnhem (Netherlands) Oral histories (document genres) A., Jack,--1927-

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/4296953
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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