Werner N. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Werner N., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1911. He relates his father's service in World War I; a brief family history; attendance at gymnasium in Berlin; work for an international dental supply firm; his father's feeling of safety during Hitler's rise to power because he was a World War I veteran; his sister's emigration to Palestine in 1934; his attempts to emigrate to the United States; and being able to hide during Kristallnacht because he was forewarned. Mr. N. describes leaving for Shanghai in 1939; obtaining a job and living quarters; deteriorating conditions under the Japanese after Pearl Harbor; ghettoization in Hongkew; liberation by the United States Navy in September 1945; emigration to the United States; important assistance received from American Jewish organizations; his subsequent life; and reunions of "Shanghai-ers" he has attended.
Extent and Medium
2 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
- N., Werner, -- 1911-
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Jewish ghettos.
- Jews -- China -- Shanghai.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
Places
- Berlin (Germany)
- Shanghai (China)
- Germany.
- Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
- Hongkew ghetto (Shanghai, China)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- ftamc