- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Walter K., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1914. He describes his family background; the Anschluss and resulting terror; losing his job; unsuccessful escape attempts through Luxembourg to Brussels; returning to Vienna; the terrorism and destruction of Crystal Night; his arrest and transfer to Dachau; slave labor and his efforts to remain unnoticed; and release in April due to membership in a Zionist organization which obtained emigration papers for him to Great Britain as a farm laborer. He describes arrival in London; transfer to Wales; several farm jobs; internment as an enemy alien; transfer of enemy aliens to Canada on the Arandora Star which was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea wih the loss of 800 out of 1600 on board; his trip to Australia on the Dunera with many survivors of the Arandora Star; return to England in 1942; enlistment in the British forces in 1943; participation in the invasion of Europe and the Battle of the Bulge; and working as an interpreter in Germany for the military courts. Mr. K. discusses why he did not seek revenge; his sense of having lost his entire family and his own youth; living in a happy present and putting the past behind him.
- Author/Creator
- K., Walter, 1914-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1984
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1984.
- Locale
- Great Britain
Austria
Vienna (Austria)
Australia
Brussels (Belgium)
London (England)
Newport (Wales)
Luxembourg
- Cite As
- Walter K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-241). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Dwork, Bonnie, interviewer.
Howard, Emily, interviewer.
