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Jerry W. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4137) interviewed by Raymond Kaplan,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4137

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Jerry W., who was born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany in 1927. He recounts his mother's divorce and remarriage; living with his grandmother; his beloved dog's disappearance, then finding a box at his door with the dog's corpse and an antisemitic note; expulsion from school; attending a girls' convent school (he was the only boy); having to leave when officials learned he was there; attending a Jewish boarding school in Coburg; being forced to shine a German officer's shoes and carry books to a fire on Kristallnacht; emigration with his mother and stepfather to the United States via Hamburg in 1939; serving in the Navy for two years; marriage to a survivor; and the births of two daughters. Mr. W. discusses trips to Germany and recently learning his biological father was deported from Berlin and did not return. He shows photographs.
Author/Creator: W., Jerry, 1927-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1999
Interview Date: November 12, 1999.
Locale: Germany
Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Coburg (Germany)
Hamburg (Germany)
Cite As: Jerry W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4137). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kaplan, Raymond, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (24 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Crystal Night, 1938.
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, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Kristallnacht, 1938. Germany. Landsberg am Lech (Germany) Coburg (Germany) Hamburg (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) W., Jerry,--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/4847615
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:40:00
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