Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Rabbi Henry B., who was born in Fürth, Germany, in 1907. He speaks of family life before the war; antisemitism in Furth; his experience on Kristallnacht in Frankfurt am Main; and his 1940 departure for Cuba, from where he later emigrated to the United States. He stresses that antisemitism existed in Germany before Hitler, recalling the increasing repression and the persecution of German Jews before the outbreak of war. He also describes his return to Germany in 1950 to visit his father's grave; his brief stint as the head rabbi in Lima, Peru; and his anger at the United States' failure to help the Jews during the war.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
- Interview Date
- March 5, 1985.
- Locale
- Germany
Fürth (Bavaria, Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Cuba
Peru - Cite As
- Rabbi Henry B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-539). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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 (1 hr., 30 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Crystal Night, 1938.
Antisemitism Prewar. - Subjects
- Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Oral histories (document genres) Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Cuba. Peru. B., Henry,--1907-1998.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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/616983
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616983
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