Henry F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Henry F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1918. He recalls growing up in a large family; their poverty (his father was disabled in World War I); the day Hitler became chancellor; one sister's emigration to England; stores and synagogues being burned on Kristallnacht; forced labor in a munitions factory in 1940 and 1941; one sister's deportation with her family to Ri?ga (he never saw them again); deportation with his mother and other sisters to Theresienstadt; volunteering for forced labor in Wulkow to exempt his family from deportation out of Theresienstadt; returning to Theresienstadt; learning from his sister that the rest of his family had been deported to Auschwitz; working in the camp mental hospital where patients were often killed; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. F. recounts searching for surviving family in Berlin; living in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp; emigration to the United States in 1946; marriage to a survivor; visiting Berlin in 1974; and discussing his experiences with his children and grandchildren.
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
- F., Henry, -- 1918-
Corporate Bodies
- Deggendorf (Displaced persons camp)
- Wulkow (Concentration camp)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Child survivors.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Postwar experiences.
- Survivor-child relations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Mothers and sons.
- Forced labor.
- Refugee camps.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Germany.
- Berlin (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat