Herbert S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Herbert S., who was born in Hagen, Germany in 1923. He recalls his childhood; the lack of conspicuous antisemitism until 1933; and encounters with antisemitism in gymnasium. He recalls wartime forced labor in a factory; anti-Jewish restrictions; and being exempted from deportation twice before he and his parents went voluntarily to Terezi?n in 1942. He recounts friction between Jews of various nationalities in the camp; his transport to Auschwitz in 1944; and his observations there. He tells of his transfer to Buchenwald later in 1944; his work in a munitions factory near Leipzig; being shot during an escape attempt; and liberation during his convalescence in a Czech hospital. Mr. S. also recalls his postwar reunion with his mother in Terezi?n.
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes (3/4" u-matic)
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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Herbert, -- 1923-
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
- Concentration camps -- Sociological aspects.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Germany.
- Hagen (Arnsberg, Germany)
- Leipzig (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc