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Manfred M. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1742) interviewed by Devorah Mann,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1742

Overview

Summary: Videotaped testimony of Manfred M., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1917, one of seven children. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews until 1933; working for the Warburg banking firm; an announcement in 1937 that the bank would become a German firm; Mr. Warburg leaving in tears; several of his own siblings leaving Germany; realizing he had to leave; asking Mr. Warburg for assistance; receiving papers to emigrate to the United States through Mr. Warburg's son; scheduling his emigration for November 11, 1938; Kristallnacht taking place on November 10; arrest shortly thereafter; incarceration in Sachsenhausen for eight days; release through his mother's efforts; and leaving for Amsterdam, and then the United States. Mr. M. notes his mother risked her life for him and that she did survive. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: M., Manfred, 1917-
Published: New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
Interview Date: January 9, 1991.
Locale: Germany
Hamburg (Germany)
Cite As: Manfred M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1742). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Mann, Devorah, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 14 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Refugees, Jewish. Kristallnacht, 1938. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Germany. Hamburg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) M., Manfred,--1917- Warburg, Max M.,--1867-1946. Sachsenhausen (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/4317647
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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