Leo B. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1824
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Leo B., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1921, the middle of three children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending Jewish school; participating in Agudat, intending to emigrate to Palestine; preparing for that in Darmstadt; his brother's emigration to Palestine; burning of the synagogue on Kristallnacht; emigrating with his mother, father, and sister to Amsterdam; incarceration with his father in refugee camps; transfer by himself to Deventer, Eindhoven, then Westerbork; finding his father there; arrival of many Jews after German occupation; organizing activities for the children; celebrating Jewish holidays; transfer to Auschwitz, then Gleiwitz; slave labor in a train repair facility; beatings for taking extra food and for having tefillin; hospitalization; transfer to Blechhammer; liberation by Soviet troops; transport to Krako?w, then Gleiwitz; volunteering in a hospital; learning his parents and sister were killed; living in Switzerland for six months; illegal emigration to Palestine; reunion with his brother; joining the Haganah; his brother's death in the 1948 war; marriage; the births of two children; and his career as a rehabilitation expert for handicapped people. Mr. B. discusses his loss of faith due to his experiences,

Extent and Medium

4 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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