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Herbert S. Holocaust testimony (HVT-613) interviewed by Dana L. Kline and Deborah Benson,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-613

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Herbert S., who was born in Hagen, Germany in 1923. He recalls his childhood; the lack of conspicuous antisemitism until 1933; and encounters with antisemitism in gymnasium. He recalls wartime forced labor in a factory; anti-Jewish restrictions; and being exempted from deportation twice before he and his parents went voluntarily to Terezín in 1942. He recounts friction between Jews of various nationalities in the camp; his transport to Auschwitz in 1944; and his observations there. He tells of his transfer to Buchenwald later in 1944; his work in a munitions factory near Leipzig; being shot during an escape attempt; and liberation during his convalescence in a Czech hospital. Mr. S. also recalls his postwar reunion with his mother in Terezín.
Author/Creator: S., Herbert, 1923-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale, 1985
Interview Date: August 13, 1985.
Locale: Germany
Hagen (Arnsberg, Germany)
Leipzig (Germany)
Cite As: Herbert S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-613). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Kline, Dana L., interviewer.
Benson, Deborah, 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 (2 hr., 42 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Concentration camps--Sociological aspects. Germany. Hagen (Arnsberg, Germany) Leipzig (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) S., Herbert,--1923- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (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/967620
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
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