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Peter G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-51) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-51

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Peter G., a distinguished scholar and professor of history, who was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1923. Professor G. describes his childhood and education; his parents' atheism; the Nuremberg laws; the different opinions people held about the Nazis; his family's haphazard plans to emigrate; Kristallnacht; obtaining passage to Cuba; his two year stay in Havana; and his emigration to the United States. He also discusses the opposing theories of whether the Holocaust could happen again; the impact that the refugees had on United States intellectual life; and his thoughts on postwar antisemitism and Israel.
Author/Creator: G., Peter, 1923-2015.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: May 13, 1980.
Locale: Germany
Berlin
Berlin (Germany)
Havana (Cuba)
Cite As: Peter G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-51). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.

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 (2 hr., 25 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Nuremberg laws.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Jews--Germany--Berlin. Oral histories (document genres) Kristallnacht, 1938. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Havana (Cuba) G., Peter,--1923-2015.

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/616932
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:25:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616932

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