Max T. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Max T., who was born in Buchach, Poland in 1901. He recalls fleeing with his family to Vienna in 1914; attending business school; joining a sports club in 1921; his father's death in 1926; marriage in 1928; his activities in the socialist uprising in 1934; the Anschluss; arrest on Kristallnacht; incarceration in Dachau; his wife obtaining visas to Sweden, with assistance from the trade union, resulting in his release; their emigration to Sweden then, with assistance from his uncle in the United States, to America ; his daughter's birth in 1946; and his subsequent career. Mr. T. shows photographs, documents, and letters
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
- T., Max, -- 1901-
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
Places
- Poland.
- Buchach (Ukraine)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Austria -- History -- Socialist Uprising, 1934.
- Sweden.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat