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Franz F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4163)

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4163

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Franz F., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1925, one of two brothers. He recounts his family's relative affluence; antisemitic harassment at school; visiting grandparents in Opava; expulsion from his scout troop; joining Makabi ha-tsaʻir; the Anschluss; joining a hachsharah in Germany; visiting Berlin; his brother joining a hachsharah in France; Kristallnacht; visiting his parents in Vienna; emigration to Palestine via Vienna and Trieste in 1939; receiving letters from his parents through the Red Cross (later, the letters stopped); enlisting in the British army; serving in Italy and on Vis island; cooperating with partisans; interrogating German POWs; serving with partisans in Albania; postings to England, then Egypt; discharge; returning to Tel Aviv; and marriage. Mr. F. discusses his brother's emigration to Switzerland, then Mexico; and learning his parents had been deported and killed.
    Author/Creator
    F., Franz, 1923-
    Published
    Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2000
    Interview Date
    January 6, 2000.
    Locale
    Yugoslavia
    Albania
    Austria
    Vienna (Austria)
    Opava (Czech Republic)
    Berlin (Germany)
    Palestine
    Trieste (Italy)
    Vis Island (Croatia)
    England
    Egypt
    Cite As
    Franz F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4163). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Notes
    This testimony is in Hebrew.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. Betacam SP; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 10 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Crystal Night, 1938.
    Partisans.
    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. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migrations. Kristallnacht, 1938. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, British. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Yugoslavia. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Albania. Austria. Vienna (Austria) Opava (Czech Republic) Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938. Berlin (Germany) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Trieste (Italy) Vis Island (Croatia) Albania. England. Egypt. Oral histories (document genres) F., Franz,--1923- Gordonyah--Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4918873
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:42:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4918873

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