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Kurt I. Holocaust testimony (HVT-135) interviewed by Dori Laub and Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-135

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Kurt I., who was born in 1922 in Dillich, Germany, a small town near Kassel. He describes his family history in Dillich; the rapid growth of antisemitism beginning in 1933; and his parents' move to Kassel in 1936, when he left for Hannover to be an apprentice cook. Mr. I. tells of Kristallnacht in Kassel; his transport, with his family, to Terezín; life in Terezín; and his and his mother's deportation to Auschwitz, where they were interned in the family camp. He recounts his separation from his mother; his transfer to Schwarzheide; the death march from Schwarzheide to Terezín in 1945; and his postwar emigration to the United States. The only member of his family to survive, Mr. I. relates his feelings about a return trip, accompanied by his children, to Germany.
Author/Creator: I., Kurt, 1922-1997.
Published: Hartford, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1979
Interview Date: December 2, 1979.
Locale: Germany
Dillich (Germany)
Kassel (Germany)
Hannover (Germany)
Cite As: Kurt I. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-135). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Laub, Dori, interviewer.
Vlock, Laurel, 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 (58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Crystal Night, 1938.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Oral histories (document genres) Kristallnacht, 1938. Forced labor. Germany. Dillich (Germany) Kassel (Germany) Hannover (Germany) Death marches. Refugee camps. I., Kurt,--1922-1997. Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Schwarzheide (Concentration camp)

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/616941
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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