Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Leo G., who was born in Vukovar, Yugoslavia in 1930. He documents the beliefs and activities of his father, a fifth generation cantor; his deeply religious family environment; his father's concern about the rise of Nazism; and the family's consequent relocation from Opava, Czechoslovakia to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1934. He describes the well-integrated Jewish community and the irrelevance of religious affiliation to the Danish national identity; German occupation in 1940; Danish insistence on control of domestic affairs (including the right to protect all citizens); and minor anti-Nazi activities. He recounts the Nazi reaction to Danish resistance; internment of Danish leftists; the Aktions of August-October 1943; his family's hiding; escaping by boat with the aid of non-Jewish Danes to Malmö; and spending the war in Göteborg, Sweden. Mr. G., a professor of psychology, discusses the historical, cultural and political factors which explain the rescue of Denmark's Jews, and the role of this event in cementing a determined Danish resistance movement.
- Published
- New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1986
- Interview Date
- June 6, 1986.
- Locale
- Denmark
Vukovar (Croatia)
Yugoslavia
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Malmö (Sweden)
Göteborg (Sweden)
Opava (Severomoravskʹy kraj, Czech Republic) - Cite As
- Leo G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-753). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (2 hr., 3 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Hiding.
Rescuers.
Resistance. - Subjects
- Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching. Jews--Denmark--Social conditions. Jews--Denmark--Social life and customs. Jews--Migrations. Jews--Denmark--Politics and government. Jewish refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Study and teaching. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Denmark. Vukovar (Croatia) Yugoslavia. Copenhagen (Denmark) Malmö (Sweden) Göteborg (Sweden) Opava (Severomoravskʹy kraj, Czech Republic) Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Oral histories (document genres) G., Leo,--1930-
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/940080
- Record last modified:
- 2018-03-06 14:08:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt940080
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