Manfred M. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotaped testimony of Manfred M., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1917, one of seven children. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews until 1933; working for the Warburg banking firm; an announcement in 1937 that the bank would become a German firm; Mr. Warburg leaving in tears; several of his own siblings leaving Germany; realizing he had to leave; asking Mr. Warburg for assistance; receiving papers to emigrate to the United States through Mr. Warburg's son; scheduling his emigration for November 11, 1938; Kristallnacht taking place on November 10; arrest shortly thereafter; incarceration in Sachsenhausen for eight days; release through his mother's efforts; and leaving for Amsterdam, and then the United States. Mr. M. notes his mother risked her life for him and that she did survive. He shows photographs.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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This testimony is open with permission.
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- Warburg, Max M., -- 1867-1946.
- M., Manfred, -- 1917-
Corporate Bodies
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat