William N. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2263
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of William N., who was born in Ga?nsendorf, Austria in 1916. He recalls moving with his family, at the age two, to Czechoslovakia; antisemitic incidents; joining the socialist group "Red Falcon" in Steyr, and later a Zionist youth group in Vienna; being drafted into the Austrian army in 1937; one month's service in the German army after the Anschluss; persecution of Austrian Jews; Abraham Stern organizing illegal emigration from Austria; traveling from a port near Athens to Palestine via Belgrade and Thessalonike?; joining the Irgun, then the Stern Group; and organizing the Irgun's illegal emigration from France to Palestine after the war. Mr. N. discusses his underground Zionist activities in Palestine; his anger when ordered to join the British army after the outbreak of war; and recent trips to Steyr, Austria.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

People

  • N., William, -- 1916-
  • Stern, Abraham, -- 1907-1942.

Corporate Bodies

  • Irgun tseraʾi leʾumi.
  • Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʹel.

Subjects

  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Zionists.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • Draft -- Germany.
  • Draft.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, British.
  • Zionist organizations.

Places

  • Gänsendorf (Austria)
  • Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
  • Austria.
  • Thessanlonikē (Greece)
  • Steyr (Austria)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Belgrade (Serbia)
  • Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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