Konrad S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Konrad S., a Romani, who was born in Marburg, Germany, one of ten children. He recounts living in Dillenburg until 1943; incarceration with his family in a concentration camp in Frankfurt; forced labor in the oil industry; frequent Allied air raids; escape in 1945; return to Marburg; and receiving German citizenship. Mr. S. notes difficulty receiving compensation for his war experiences; bad health resulting from those years; and sharing his story with his children. A woman survivor of Auschwitz describes her painful memories of Romani suffering and deaths. They both discuss present anti-Romani conditions in Germany, particularly neo-Nazi violence.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Konrad.
Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Men.
- Women.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romani.
- Video tapes.
- Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Germany.
- Romanies -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar effects.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Forced labor.
- Escapes.
- Family.
- Survivor-child relations.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Germany.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany : Concentration camp)
- Dillenburg (Germany)
- Marburg (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat