Fred D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Fred D., who was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 1924. He describes growing up in a religious environment; hiding with his family during Kristallnacht, when a German friend dissuaded others from harming them; his family's unsuccessful attempts to emigrate (an older brother emigrated to Palestine); arrest with his father and brother on September 9, 1939; deportation to Sachsenhausen after a few weeks in a local jail; slave labor and harsh conditions; separation from his father upon their transfer to Auschwitz in 1942 (they never saw him again); selection for work in the I. G. Farben factory at Buna-Monowitz; his brother's activities in the camp underground, subsequent denouncement, and public hanging; and escaping during the death march from Auschwitz. Mr. D. recounts returning to Gelsenkirchen; learning that his family had not survived; and emigrating to Palestine. He discusses the solidarity of former Zionist youths in the camps who helped morale, including his own.
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
- D., Fred, -- 1924-2004.
Corporate Bodies
- Monowitz (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
Subjects
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Brothers.
- Forced labor.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Concentration camp inmates -- Escapes.
- Concentration camps -- Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
- Fathers and sons.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Postwar experiences.
- Mutual aid.
- Concentration camps -- Underground movements.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Child survivors.
- Death marches.
Places
- Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat