Fred S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 1863
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Fred S., who was born in Schweinfurt, Germany in 1904. He recalls attending Gymnasium; his father's losses during the hyperinflation of the early 1920s; studying banking; moving to Mannheim in 1924 to work in a cigar factory; his mother's death; friendships with Jews and non-Jews; exclusion from his company's soccer team in 1933 because he was Jewish; marriage in 1936; futile efforts to emigrate to the United States; losing his job; returning to Schweinfurt to work for his uncle; arrest and imprisonment in Schweinfurt in November 1938; transfer to Dachau; release after three weeks because he received permission to emigrate to the Philippines to work for an American-Jewish cigar manufacturer; traveling to Manila via Genoa and Singapore; being joined by his wife; religious and class differences within Manila's Jewish community; learning his father had died; Japanese occupation; ironically, being left alone by the Japanese because he was German; opening a sausage business; liberation; emigration to the United States in 1946 to join relatives; and visits to Germany.

Extent and Medium

3 videocassettes

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Related material: Claire S. Holocaust testimony wife, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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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