Carl H. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Carl H., who was born in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany in 1933. He recalls traveling to a Jewish school in Worms because Jews could not attend public school; confiscation of their home; deportation to Gurs, then Rivesaltes in southern France; reluctantly departing from his parents (they convinced him to leave) for a children's home in Saint-Raphae?l; corresponding with his parents and brother until they were deported; and transfer to another children's home, then to a farm family in Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias for three years; being found by a cousin after the war; joining him in Limoges; living in an OSE home; and joining his uncle in the United States in 1947. Mr. H. discusses finding his parents' and brother's names listed as deported to Auschwitz in Serge Klarsfeld's book; the kindness of his foster family and continuing contacts with them; his experiences as a United States soldier in Austria in 1952 and on return trips since; his reluctance to visit Germany; and the importance of his friendships with other hidden children.
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
- H., Carl, -- 1933-
Corporate Bodies
- Gurs (Concentration camp)
- World Union OSE.
- Rivesaltes (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Foster parents.
- Postwar experiences.
- Child survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Orphanages -- France.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Worms (Germany)
- Germany.
- Saint-RaphaeĚl (Var, France)
- Kirchheimbolanden (Germany)
- Limoges (France)
- Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias (France)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat