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Gerald F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4407) interviewed by Susan Millen and Sara Moss Herz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4407

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Gerald F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, one of three children. He recounts his father being wounded in World War I; attending school; increasing antisemitism; attending a Jewish school; expropriation of his father's business; emigration to England via the Netherlands in 1938; working on a farm and attending evening classes at Cambridge University; his family joining him; imprisonment as an enemy alien; transfer to the Isle of Man five months later; reunion with his brother and father after his release; attending university in London; working as a chemist with Margaret Thatcher; and emigrating with his family to the United States in 1951. Mr. F. discusses the murders of many relatives in the Holocaust, and writing a book about his experiences. He shows documents, photographs, and books he has written.
    Author/Creator
    F., Gerald, 1921-
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 2007
    Interview Date
    December 12, 2007.
    Locale
    Germany
    Berlin (Germany)
    Netherlands
    England
    Cambridge (England)
    Isle of Man
    London (England)
    Cite As
    Gerald F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4407). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Millen, Susan, interviewer.
    Herz, Sara Moss, interviewer.
    Notes
    Additional materials are available in the repository.
    Related publication: Saxa loquntur (rocks speak): the life and times of the geologist / Gerald M. Friedman. Tulsa: SEPM Foundation, c2006.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: DVCam Master; Betacam SP submaster; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (1 hr., 32 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Noncitizens Evacuation and relocation.
    Postwar experiences.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8107179
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
    This page:
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