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Hans F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4361) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4361

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Hans F., who was born in Breslau, Germany (presently Wrocław, Poland). He recounts anti-Jewish restrictions; his father's arrest and incarceration in Buchenwald on Kristallnacht; his release in December 1938 based on his departure from Germany followed by his emigration to Cuba in January 1939; his father's friend arranging for Mr. F., his sister, and mother to emigrate to Cuba; the painful separation from his grandparents (he suspected he would never see them again); buying permits in Hamburg at the Cuban consulate; their departure on the St. Louis; the Cuban government not allowing debarkation; seeing his father on a small boat circling the ship; returning to Europe; debarkation in France; being sent to Laval; living in a children's home near Paris; returning to his mother in Laval; obtaining emigration permits for Cuba with assistance from the Joint; and their ship waiting in Southampton until a convey was formed.
Author/Creator: F., Hans.
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: July 17, 1980.
Locale: France
Germany
Wrocław (Poland)
Hamburg (Germany)
Laval (Mayenne, France)
Paris (France)
Southampton (England)
Cite As: Hans F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4361). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: There are video defects in this recording.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Child survivors.
Antisemitism Prewar.
Crystal Night, 1938.
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. Kristallnacht, 1938. Jews--Migrations. Jewish refugees. Orphanages--France. Germany. Wrocław (Poland) Hamburg (Germany) Laval (Mayenne, France) Paris (France) Southampton (England) Oral histories (document genres) F., Hans. 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/8117723
Record last modified:: 2018-05-30 11:45:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt8117723

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