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Sigi Z. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1317) interviewed by Geoffrey H. Hartman and Sara Moss Herz,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1317

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Sigi Z., who was born in Kassel, Germany, in 1928. Mr. Z. tells of his Polish family's isolation from German life; resentment of local German Jews toward Poles; expulsion from Germany in 1939; Poland's refusal of entry; his father's departure for London (they could not obtain visas for the family); and transport with his mother, brother and 1,000 others to Rīga in December 1941. He recalls conditions in the Rīga ghetto; massacres of Latvian Jews; forced labor in a fish processing plant; smuggling food; witnessing executions; transfer to Kaiserwald in April 1942; rejoining his mother and brother at an army camp at Kaiserwald; transfer in September 1944 to another army camp at Libau; and transfer to Hamburg city prison. He recounts transfer to Kiel-Hasse; execution of about fifty Polish officers; inclusion in an exchange organized by Himmler and Folke Bernadotte; recuperation with his mother and brother in Sweden; reunion with his father; and emigration to America in 1949. Mr. Z. reflects on his postwar career; adjustment difficulties; relations with his children; and the place of the Holocaust in contemporary society.
    Author/Creator
    Z., Sigi, 1928-2000.
    Published
    New Haven, Conn. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1990
    Interview Date
    April 5, 1990.
    Locale
    Latvia
    Rīga
    Germany
    Kassel (Germany)
    Rīga (Latvia)
    Hamburg (Germany)
    Cite As
    Sigi Z. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1317). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Hartman, Geoffrey H., interviewer.
    Herz, Sara Moss, 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., 42 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Child survivors.
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar effects.
    Postwar experiences.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Prisoner exchange.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/982285
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:47:00
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