Felix A. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1728
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Felix A., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1922. He describes life in Bockenheim; his family's business; elementary school in Bockenheim from 1927-1931; increasing antisemitism from 1931 on; anti-Jewish legislation resulting in greatly reduced income and lose of their house; moving to Frankfurt; SA youths attacking his father thus causing Mr. A.'s loss of faith; Realgymnasium in Frankfurt from 1931 to 1935; and the Philanthropin, a Jewish school, from 1935 to 1937. Mr. A. recalls leaving school in 1937 to learn the leather goods trade; his sister's emigration to England in spring 1938 on a kindertransport; Kristallnacht; losing his job; and attending a Jewish trade school until it closed in 1939. He tells of his family's escape to the United States by way of Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon; his enlistment in the U.S. Army; training in England; transfer to France; assignment to United States military intelligence; and, from early 1945, uncovering former Nazi officers in Bamberg, Nuremberg, Erlangen, Dachau, Munich, Rosenheim, Salzburg and at Wolfgangsee. Mr. A. recounts visiting Dachau hours after liberation; visiting Frankfurt and Bockenheim in 1945 when he encountered acquaintances, neighbors and a former teacher; a 1989 trip to Frankfurt; and his reaction to a recent Philanthropin reunion in New York.

Extent and Medium

4 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

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