- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Edgar H., who was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1926. He recounts his father's service in World War I; moving to Halle when he was three; his affluent childhood; antisemitic harassment in school; moving to his grandparents in Siret with his mother and brother in 1938 (his father thought it would be safe); participating in Zionist organizations; a two-month evacuation to Craiova when war began; not being allowed to return to Siret; living in Rădăuți; deportation to the Mogilev ghetto; a privileged position at the Jagendorf factory; liberation by Soviets in spring 1944; traveling to his aunt in Cernăuti; reunion with his family in Siret; illegal emigration to Palestine in 1945, including two month's incarceration in Stara Zagora; friendship with Jakov Lind; aspiring to be a writer; joining his family in Lyon (his father survived hiding in France); their emigration to the United State in 1951; and moving to Munich and Berlin in order to write in German. Mr. H. discusses his books, which include information about his war experiences; his literary career; and comtemplating other people's Holocaust experiences. He shows photographs and his books and is joined by his wife Marianne.
- Author/Creator
- H., Edgar, 1926-
- Published
- Potsdam, Germany : Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien, Universität Potsdam, 1996
- Interview Date
- August 7, 1996.
- Locale
- Ukraine
Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ
Germany
Leipzig (Germany)
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Siret (Romania)
Craiova (Romania)
Rădăuți (Romania)
Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)
Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)
Palestine
Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)
Lyon (France)
Munich (Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
- Cite As
- Edgar H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3726). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Gelbin, Cathy S., interviewer.
Lezzi, Eva, interviewer.
- Notes
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This testimony is in German.
Related publication: Nacht / Edgar Hilsenrath. Köln : Braun,c1978.
Related publication: Die Abenteur des Ruben Jablonski : ein autobiographischer Roman / Edgar Hilsenrath. -- München : Piper, c1997.
Related publication: Bronskys Geständnis : Roman / Edgar Hilsenrath. -- München : Langen Müller, 1980.
Related publication: Der Nazi & [i.e.und] der Friseur : Roman / Edgar Hilsenrath. -- Köln : Literarischer Verlag Braun, 1977.
