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Max L. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4348) interviewed by Ann Solov Walker,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4348

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Max L., who was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1921, the younger of two children. He recounts attending public and Hebrew schools; antisemitic harassment; participating in a Jewish scout group; anti-Jewish boycotts and restrictions; his bar mitzvah in 1934, the last time his extended family was together; his sister's emigration to the United States in 1936; his emigration in 1937; his parents' arrival in 1938; military draft in 1942; training as a dental technician; marriage; and the births of two children. Mr. L. discusses planning a ten-day visit to Germany in 1987; leaving after two days due to painful memories; and the loss of most of his extended family in the Holocaust.
Author/Creator: L., Max, 1921-
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 2005
Interview Date: August 23, 2005.
Locale: Germany
Wuppertal (Germany)
Cite As: Max L. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4348). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Walker, Ann Solov, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: Betacam SP dub; 1/2" VHS submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (38 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Bar mitzvah. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jewish refugees. Jews--Migration. Germany. Wuppertal (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) L., Max,--1921-

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/7868538
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:26:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt7868538

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