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Rabbi Henry B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-539) interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Frances Proctor Cohen,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-539

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.
Author/Creator: B., Henry, 1907-1998.
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.
Other Authors/Editors: Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Cohen, Frances Proctor, 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 (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: 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
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616983

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