Nicholas A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1644
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Nicholas A., who was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia in 1935. He recalls the tightly-knit Jewish community; fleeing with his mother to Italian-occupied Split; arrival of two uncles and his father; an Italian arranging their passage to Trieste on a troop ship; hiding in various places in the Macerata region from 1941 to 1944, including Sarnona, Loro Piceno, Ascoli Piceno, and Porto San Giorgio; his Catholic baptism; receiving false identity papers; police warnings of round-ups; his sister's birth in 1944; liberation; living in Milan and Rome; emigration to the United States in 1950; and adjustment difficulties. Mr. A. discusses the fates of other family members; a recent reunion in Italy with some of his family's rescuers; his rejection of Judaism until his mother's death in 1974; the importance of his attending a child survivors group; and the great risks ordinary Italians took to save Jews, many of whom were complete strangers. He shows photographs and documents.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

Conditions Governing Access

This testimony is open with permission.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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