Larry S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1674
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Larry S., who was born in Hofheim, Germany in 1922. He recounts moving to Bamberg in 1934 or 1935 so his father would not be placed in a concentration camp; his father fleeing to Holland; attending gymnasium in Wu?rzburg with his brother; his father's return; attending school in Florence in 1936; his arrest during Hitler's visit; apprenticeship in a tool and die shop in Nuremberg; his father's arrest during Kristallnacht; being placed on a children's transport to England; living with an aunt and uncle; working as a tool and die maker; and emigrating to the United States in 1946. Mr. S. discusses a recent trip to Germany and learning his parents were killed in Ri?ga in 1943.

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

  • S., Larry, -- 1922-

Subjects

  • Crystal Night, 1938.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust survivors.

Places

  • London (England)
  • Nuremberg (Germany)
  • England.
  • Würzburg (Germany)
  • Florence (Italy)
  • Hofheim in Unterfranken (Germany)
  • Bamberg (Germany)
  • Germany.

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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