Manfred H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Manfred H., who was born in Stettin, Germany (presently Szczecin, Poland) in 1934. He recalls attending a Jewish school; confiscation of his father's business in 1938; his father's arrest on Kristallnacht; his return after three months; receiving papers for three for Palestine; his father deciding they would stay so no one would be left behind; deportation of Jews from Stettin to Be?z?yce in 1940; his brother's job in the Jewish police protecting them; hiding during round-ups; ghettoization; transfer with his parents and brother to Budzyn?; slave labor in a Heinkel aircraft factory; public shootings and hangings of saboteurs; transfer to Mielec; aircraft work; a German civilian worker giving him extra food; transfer to Flossenbu?rg (his mother remained behind); slave labor in a Messerschmitt factory; a Red Cross visit; his brother's transport (he never saw him again); his father's death; train transport and a death march; abandonment by the guards; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; assistance from UNRRA; emigration to England; living in group homes and in Glasgow; learning his mother had survived; visiting her in Sweden in 1946; her death in 1947; assistance from a cousin in London; marriage in 1957; and raising two sons. Mr. H. discusses not sharing his experiences with his sons and being the sole survivor of a large family. He shows a document.
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Use of this testimony requires permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- H., Manfred, -- 1930-
Corporate Bodies
- Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
- Ernst Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke.
- Budzyń (Concentration camp)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm.
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- Poland -- Bełżyce.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Jewish councils.
- Orphanages -- England.
- Family.
- Brothers.
- Fathers and sons.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Forced labor.
- Sabotage.
- Death marches.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Child survivors.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Mothers and sons.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mass killings.
- Hiding.
Places
- Mielec (Poland : Concentration camp)
- Szczecin (Poland)
- Stettin (Germany)
- Germany.
- Bełźyce ghetto.
- Sweden.
- Glasgow (Scotland)
- Bełżyce (Poland)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat