Joseph K. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Joseph K., who was born in Hague, Netherlands in 1930. He describes his family's non-participation in the Jewish community; attending Jewish school twice a week; German invasion; his father's refusal to register them as Jews; being placed into hiding by the underground with his two sisters; transfer to Haarlem (learning later this was when his parents were caught); separation of the three siblings; living openly as a relative of Christian farmers in Friesland; hospitalization in Groningen; living with a doctor's family in Groningen, then with a farm family elsewhere for almost two years; liberation by Canadian troops; reunion with his sisters; living in a Jewish orphanage in Hilversum for six years; learning his parents had perished (he received their last letter through the Red Cross), but not really accepting it; working as a tailor in Amsterdam; and emigration to United States in 1956. Mr. K. discusses dealing with emotional problems caused by his experiences.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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
- K., Joseph, -- 1930-
Corporate Bodies
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Child survivors.
- Orphanages.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Hiding.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
Places
- Netherlands.
- Haarlem (Netherlands)
- Hague (Netherlands)
- Groningen (Netherlands)
- Friesland (Netherlands)
- Hilversum (Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat