Harry T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-39) interviewed by Laurel Vlock and Nanette Auerhahn,
Videotape testimony of Harry T., who was born in Giessen, Germany in 1921. Mr. T. describes growing up as the only Jewish boy in Zürbach, a farm village near Frankfurt; the rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish activities; his training in Frankfurt to become a cabinetmaker; his return home after Kristallnacht; slave labor; and leaving his family in Frankfurt in 1941. He tells of his transport from Berlin to Barcelona, Spain; his imprisonment there and then in an internment camp near the French border; his release by the Quakers; and his emigration, via Portugal, to the United States. The effects of his wartime experiences are also discussed.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
- Interview Date
- March 1, 1980.
- Locale
- Germany
Lahn (Hesse, Germany)
Giessen (Hesse, Germany)
Zürbach (Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
Barcelona (Spain)
Portugal - Language
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English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Cite As
- Harry T. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-39). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/616919
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