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Fred H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4357) interviewed by Laurel Vlock ,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4357

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Fred H., who was born in Ulm, Germany in 1919. He recalls a two-year apprenticeship in Freidrichshafen; his mother's death in 1931; realizing that Germany was no place for Jews when the family store was vandalized in 1933; his two sisters' emigration to the United States in 1936 and 1937; his sisters arranging his passage to Cuba; embarkation on the St. Louis in Hamburg; learning they could not disembark in Cuba; efforts by the Joint to assist them; kindness from the crew; returning to Europe; debarkation in Antwerp; living in Brussels; his family arranging exit papers; emigration to London, then the United States; and his father joining them two weeks later via Italy. He shows documents.
Author/Creator: H., Fred , 1919-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: October 6, 1980.
Locale: Germany
Ulm (Germany)
Friedrichshafen (Germany)
Hamburg (Germany)
Antwerp (Belgium)
Brussels (Belgium)
London (England)
Cite As: Fred H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4357). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (50 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Germany. Ulm (Germany) Friedrichshafen (Germany) Hamburg (Germany) Antwerp (Belgium) Brussels (Belgium) London (England) Oral histories (document genres) H., Fred ,--1919- St. Louis (Ship) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

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/8117696
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:33:00
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