Bernard A. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Bernard A., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in approximately 1915, an only child. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; attending high school; anti-Jewish legislation preventing him from attending university; arrest with his father on Kristallnacht; their deportation to Buchenwald; his father's release as a World War I veteran; his release after five weeks, based on his promise to emigrate; returning home; emigration to London in February 1939; receiving letters from his parents, first from Belgium, then from France; emigrating to the United States in winter 1940; living with his aunt; receiving notice his parents had been deported (they did not survive); and completing his education after the war.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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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.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- A., Bernard, -- 1915?-
Corporate Bodies
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Jewish refugees.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Nuremberg laws.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany.
Places
- Germany.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat