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Israel F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-614) interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Marcia Karklin,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-614

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Israel F., who was born in the United States in 1913. He recounts his experiences as a United States soldier trained as a bacteriologist in the medical corps. He shares his recollections of liberated Weimar; the odor of the boxcars containing prisoners who had been bound for Buchenwald; the history of the camp; and the prisoners' self-liberation. He describes the condition and activities of the liberated prisoners, including some children, when he arrived three days later; and the denial of local citizens who were forced to visit Buchenwald. Mr. F. tells of the national distribution of a letter he had written about the camps; his move, after two weeks in Buchenwald, to Cham to set up hospitals for former inmates of Flossenbürg; and his postwar work as an educational counselor.
Author/Creator: F., Israel, 1913-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
Interview Date: September 4, 1985.
Locale: Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Cham (Germany)
Cite As: Israel F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-614). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocuast Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Karklin, Marcia, interviewer.

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 (1 hr., 5 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Liberator.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish. Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) Cham (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) F., Israel,--1913- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)

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/967619
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:58:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt967619

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