Frank N. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Frank N., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1927. He recalls his close, extended family; antisemitic incidents in public school; transfer to a Jewish school; German occupation in March 1944; forced relocation with his parents to an overcrowded, yellow-star house; the contrast between the reality of the ghetto and poetry readings in the house; working as a messenger for the Jewish council, then for the Swiss embassy until the Arrow Cross takeover on October 15, 1944; being caught in a round-up with his father and sentenced for execution by La?szlo? Ferenczy as a Swiss spy; transfer to a labor camp near Cso?mo?r, then to Pesterzse?bet; obtaining a letter of protection from the Swiss embassy; mass killing of the ill during a march to Budapest; escaping; hiding in a Red Cross children's home; his arrest while visiting his parents; escape; hiding in a Swiss safe house, a children's home, and a bunker of the Swiss embassy "glass house" with several hundred others; liberation; and reunion with his parents. Dr. N. recounts graduating from medical school; emigration to the United States in 1956; marriage; and the birth of his two children. He discusses the importance of luck to his survival.

3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)