- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Fred H., who was born in Staňkov in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Czech Republic) in 1906. He recounts his family's move to Plzeň in 1909; attending public school; his father's service in the first World War; his Austrian patriotism; the transition to Czechoslovakia; studying in Paris and Prague; accompanying a cousin to the United States in August 1938; deciding not to return after the Munich agreement; illegally living in Toronto and Montréal; receiving a U.S. visa; traveling to London; meeting his mother and brother in Paris in August 1939; their emigration to the United States; traveling to Brussels after war broke out; emigration to the United States from England; marriage in 1949; and teaching history. Mr. H. discusses Jewish and family history; the German government's approval of his doctoral dissertation in 1977; and teaching courses on the Holocaust. He shows photographs and documents.
- Author/Creator
- H., Fred, 1906-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1991.
- Locale
- Austria
Staňkov (Czech Republic)
Plzeň (Czech Republic)
Paris (France)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Montréal (Québec)
Toronto (Ont.)
London (England)
Brussels (Belgium)
- Cite As
- Fred H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1770). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Blum-Dobkin, Toby, interviewer.
- Notes
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Related publication: Lieber Stürmer : Leserbriefe an d. NS-Kampfblatt 1924-1945 : e. Dokumentation aus d. Leo-Baeck-Inst., New York / Fred Hahn; [Bearb. d. dt. Ausg. von Günther Wagenlehner]. -- Stuttgart-Degerloch : Seewald, 1978.
