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Siegried K. Holocaust testimony (HVT-164) interviewed by Laurel Vlock and Iza Erlich,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-164

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Siegfried K., who was born in Danzig in 1930. He notes Danzig's unique place in Jewish history and speaks of his luxurious prewar life. He tells of the rise of Nazism and recalls shaking Hitler's hand during a visit to Berlin as a small child. The disturbances and attacks by the Brownshirts and his experiences with antisemitism, which continued in the United States, are also related. He describes his family's flight to England in 1938; the difficulty of leaving home and relatives, and, for him, leaving behind his beloved dog; the help given them by German non-Jews; his voyage to the United States on the Queen Mary; and the formation of the American Danzig Association.
Author/Creator: K., Siegfried, 1930-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: April 12, 1980.
Locale: Poland
Gdańsk
Germany
Gdańsk (Poland)
Cite As: Siegfried K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-164). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Erlich, Iza, interviewer.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Jews--Poland--Gdańsk. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Holocaust survivors. Germany. Gdańsk (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) K., Siegfried,--1930-

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/616814
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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