Kurt R. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Kurt R., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1912. He recalls graduating from medical school in 1937; his brother's marriage and emigration to Palestine in 1938; his marriage; futile efforts to emigrate to Palestine; fleeing to Trieste in 1939, leaving his parents and wife in Vienna (his parents were deported to Minsk and killed); arrest and transfer to a camp in Eboli; working as a doctor's assistant; release with assistance from the camp doctor; living in Todi, then in Umbertide; German invasion; arrest; escaping to Todi from a train station in Perugia; local Italians arranging to hide him in Perugia; liberation by British troops; reunion in 1947 with his wife (she survived several concentration camps); his son's birth in 1948; practicing medicine in Todi; living in a displaced persons camp in Bagnoli; and emigrating to the United States with his family in March 1950. Dr. R. shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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
- R., Kurt, -- 1912-
Subjects
- Refugee camps.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Escapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Italian.
- Austria.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
Places
- Vienna (Austria)
- Bagnoli (Naples, Italy)
- Perugia (Italy)
- Eboli (Italy)
- Trieste (Italy)
- Umbertide (Italy)
- Todi (Italy)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat