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Max G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-129) interviewed by Robert Prince and Nanette Auerhahn,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-129

Videotape testimony of Max G., who was born in Russia in 1908. Mr. G. describes his childhood in Lubartów; his family's move to Lublin, Poland, in 1918; his status as a violin prodigy and his conservatory training in Vienna; his move to Berlin after the first World War, and his eighteen years in Berlin, including his marriage and business successes. He also details his emigration to Belgium after Kristallnacht; life in Belgium; his arrest and internment in a concentration and a transit camp in Belgium; his deportation, with his wife, to Auschwitz; the death march, a year and a half later, through Austria to Mauthausen, then to Ebensee, where he was liberated after one year. Postwar experiences include his recovery in Marienbad and Brussels; the death of his first wife; emigration to the United States in 1950; and his second marriage and divorce.

Author/Creator
G., Max, 1908-
Published
New York, N.Y. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date
July 30, 1980.
Locale
Soviet Union
Poland
Lubartów (Poland)
Lublin (Poland)
Vienna (Austria)
Berlin (Germany)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic)
Language
English
Copies
3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Cite As
Max G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-129). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.