Edmond B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape recording of Edmond B., who was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1933. He recalls growing up in Holland; his father's factory in Oldenzaal; his father's death in 1940; visiting Amsterdam; German occupation; returning with his mother to Oldenzaal; antisemitic incidents in school; anti-Jewish restrictions including expulsion from school; attending a Jewish school in Enschede; dreaming Hitler intended to murder Jews; his uncle's leading role in the Resistance; hiding with his mother after being warned of a round-up by the Resistance; moving to Utrecht in 1942 with assistance from his uncle and a policeman; frequently changing hiding places; living under false papers; fearing his mother would not return when she went out; tutoring by others hiding with them; denunciation by a neighbor; rescue by a policeman; hiding with a communist family; liberation by Canadian troops; returning to Oldenzaal; and emigration to the United States. Mr. B discusses the lifelong influence of a postwar teacher; friendship with a camp survivor; frustrated career aspirations; a failed marriage; his continuing sense of isolation, which he attributes to his terror while in hiding; and rescuers who were paid to hide them and others who were committed anti-Nazis.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- B., Edmond, -- 1933-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- Mothers and sons.
- Dreams.
- Hiding.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Child survivors.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Resistance.
Places
- Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Enschede (Netherlands)
- Germany.
- Dortmund (Germany)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Oldenzaal (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat