Robert M. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1035
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Robert M., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1927. He recalls moving to Berlin in 1930; Hermann Go?ring living in their apartment house; returning to Amsterdam in 1935 due to Nazism; his parents' divorce; living with his father and sister; German invasion in May 1940; his bar mitzvah; his father's arrest as a prominent Dutch official, not as a Jew, by Ferdinand aus der Fu?nten; his father's return after six months; a German woman warning them of round-ups; being caught and released once; hiding with his father and sister after a warning; their Jewish housekeeper's arrest (they never saw her again); placement with a foster family in Friesland by the underground; seeing his sister once in Drachten; occasionally hearing from his father; hiding during German searches; liberation by Polish troops in a Canadian unit; reunion with his sister and father; their return to Amsterdam; his father's refusal to testify for Aus der Fu?nten; his mother's return from Switzerland; learning many relatives had been killed; serving in the Dutch military; emigration to Montre?al in 1952; marriage; and emigration to the United States in 1959. Mr. M. discusses gratitude to their rescuers and continuing contact with his foster family.

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes

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

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