Richard F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 4351
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Richard F., who was born in approximately 1936. He recounts fleeing Warsaw with his parents when Germany invaded; his and his mother's capture by the Soviets; his father arranging their transfer to Moscow; traveling to Shanghai via Vladivostock and Kōbe; living in the French section; an Indian friend giving him a crucifix; his parents informing him for the first time that they were Jewish; attending an American then a Jewish school; Japanese invasion; attending a French-Catholic school; participating in Soviet youth activities and Betar; his father's hospitalization and death in 1945; liberation by United States troops; obtaining visas for Australia; traveling to Hong Kong; assistance from the Joint while they were there for six months; continuing to Australia in 1947; and their emigration to Israel in 1949. Mr. F. discusses his sense of mystery when remembering Shanghai; attending synagogues there; and the Hongkew ghetto. Abe B. joins him briefly.

Extent and Medium

3 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.

Related Units of Description

  • Related material: Abe B Holocaust testimony [friend] (HVT-4349), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

People

  • F., Richard, -- 1936?

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • Betar.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Identification (Religion)
  • Child survivors.
  • Jewish ghettos.
  • Jews -- China -- Shanghai.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.

Places

  • Australia.
  • Hong Kong (China)
  • Hongkew ghetto (Shanghai, China)
  • Kōbe-shi (Japan)
  • Vladivostok (Russia)
  • Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Moscow (Russia)
  • Warsaw (Poland)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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