Georg P. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1534
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Georg P., who was born in Rakovni?k, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recounts attending high school; visiting Prague frequently; his family's desire to leave after the Munich agreement; arranging to attend New York University with assistance from his uncle in New York; obtaining a visa from German authorities in Prague in September 1939; emigration to the United States; and corresponding with his family until the United States entered the war in 1941. Mr. P. discusses learning from a cousin that his parents and sisters were killed in Auschwitz; receiving his sister's diary after the war; and sharing his experiences with his children.

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

  • P., Georg, -- 1921-

Subjects

  • Survivor-child relations.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • Rakovník (Czech Republic : Okres)
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Prague (Czech Republic)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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