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Harry T. Holocaust testimony (HVT-39) interviewed by Laurel Vlock and Nanette Auerhahn,

Oral History | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-39

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.

Author/Creator
T., Harry, 1921-
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
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.
 
View in Yale University Library Catalog: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/616919
Record last modified: 2018-05-29 11:47:00
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