Gerald F. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Gerald F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1921, one of three children. He recounts his father being wounded in World War I; attending school; increasing antisemitism; attending a Jewish school; expropriation of his father's business; emigration to England via the Netherlands in 1938; working on a farm and attending evening classes at Cambridge University; his family joining him; imprisonment as an enemy alien; transfer to the Isle of Man five months later; reunion with his brother and father after his release; attending university in London; working as a chemist with Margaret Thatcher; and emigrating with his family to the United States in 1951. Mr. F. discusses the murders of many relatives in the Holocaust, and writing a book about his experiences. He shows documents, photographs, and books he has written.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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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
- Thatcher, Margaret.
- F., Gerald, -- 1921-
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Brothers.
- Child survivors.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Noncitizens -- Evacuation and relocation.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, British.
- Fathers and sons.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Cambridge (England)
- England.
- Netherlands.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Germany.
- London (England)
- Isle of Man.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat