Walter P. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Walter P., who was born in Erlangen, Germany in 1926. He recalls his family moving to Berlin in 1933; attending public school until his expulsion as a Jew; attending a Jewish school; destruction of the store where his father worked on Kristallnacht; moving into a one-room apartment after his father lost his job; the outbreak of war; avoiding round-ups with the help of a friendly policeman; his bar mitzvah in 1940; his fear and humiliation after the introduction of the Jewish star in September 1941; learning Spanish and English in school in preparation for emigration; obtaining visas for Cuba; leaving Berlin with his parents in a sealed train in October 1941; traveling to Lisbon via Frankfurt, France, and Iru?n; the boat voyage to Cuba; financial help from an uncle in the United States; emigration to the United States in 1944; and marriage. Mr. P notes his frugality stemming from his experiences in Germany and his gratitude for having escaped the Holocaust.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- P., Walter, -- 1926-
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Postwar effects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Child survivors.
- Kristallnacht, 1938
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Bar mitzvah.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Places
- Germany.
- Erlangen (Germany)
- IruĚn (Spain)
- Cuba.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Lisbon (Portugal)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- France.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat