Martin R. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 0992
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Martin R., who was born in Posen, Germany (presently Poznan?, Poland) in 1908. He describes his father's death as a Prussian officer in World War I; his mother's strong German identification; moving to Berlin with his family in 1918; attending school in Bu?tow; antisemitic incidents; joining a family lumber business in Danzig in 1936; moving to Warsaw in 1938; German invasion; traveling to many places to avoid German capture; arriving in Amsterdam in November 1939; German invasion; escaping by boat; incarceration as an enemy alien in many places, including St. John's, Newfoundland and Jamaica; and emigration to Cuba, then to the United States.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (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

  • R., Martin, -- 1908-

Subjects

  • Noncitizens -- Evacuation and relocation.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Soviet occupation.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Prisoners of war -- Canada.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Lʹviv (Ukraine)
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Bütow (Germany)
  • Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Lublin (Poland)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Germany.
  • Poznań (Poland)
  • St. John's (N.L.)
  • Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Havana (Cuba)
  • Jamaica.
  • Danzig (Germany)
  • Posen (Germany)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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