David L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of David L., who was born in Sadgora, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Ukraine) in 1910, one of four children. Mr. L. recounts his family fleeing the Russians during World War I to Vienna, via Budapest; his father's and uncle's military service in the war (his uncle was killed); his family's orthodoxy; participating in Zionist groups; visiting relatives in Palestine in 1920; completing gymnasium and medical school; frequent antisemitic harassment; Austrian receptiveness to the Anschluss in March 1938; dismissal from his research position; his father's and grandfather's imprisonment; bringing his father medicine in prison; and emigration to Sweden in 1938, then the United States in 1939 with assistance from a former colleague. Mr. L. notes his family survived by emigrating to France, then Switzerland, and that he brought them to the United States after the war. He shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes
Conditions Governing Access
This testimony cannot be viewed until the year 2023.
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. This testimony cannot be used until the year 2023.
Rules and Conventions
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- L., David, -- 1910-
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Austria.
- Palestine.
- Sweden.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
- Vienna (Austria)
- Sadgora (Ukraine)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat