Overview
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes
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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. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Germany. Berlin (Germany) Netherlands. England. Cambridge (England) Isle of Man. London (England) Oral histories (document genres) F., Gerald,--1921- Thatcher, Margaret.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8107179
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:28:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt8107179
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