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Hersh A. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4331) interviewed by Lawrence L. Langer and Joanne Weiner Rudof,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4331

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Hersh A., who was born in Cluj, Romania in 1924, the oldest of four children. He recalls his impoverished family, hunger, and hardships; Hungarian occupation; forced labor during the day; German occupation; ghettoization; escaping often; obtaining food from non-Jewish farmers; one family attesting he was their child when Germans came; soldiers prohibiting him from entering the ghetto when deportations were occurring; lifelong sadness that he never said goodbye to his family; transfer to Budapest; liberation; walking to Debrecen; assistance from Soviet soldiers; returning home; beginning to understand the scope of the murder of Jews, including his family; smuggling himself to Germany when no family returned; living in Landsberg displaced persons camp; learning one brother had survived; registering in Frankfurt to emigrate to the United States; emigration; and the births of two children. Mr. A. discusses one couple that survived in Cluj; his enduring belief in God out of respect for his father's orthodoxy; continuing health problems and his strong affinity for bread due to his experiences; never discussing his experiences with his children; and his daughter's death at age forty-six, the biggest tragedy of his life.
    Author/Creator
    A., Hersh, 1924-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2005
    Interview Date
    June 7, 2005.
    Locale
    Romania
    Cluj-Napoca
    Hungary
    Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Debrecen (Hungary)
    Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
    Cite As
    Hersh A. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4331). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Rudof, Joanne Weiner, interviewer.
    Langer, Lawrence L., interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: DVCam master; Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (59 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Hungarian occupation.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Survivor-child relations.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7113837
    Record last modified:
    2019-11-18 16:33:00
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