Nathan G. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Nathan G., who was born in Guttenberg, New Jersey in 1913. He recalls growing up in a liberal orthodox home in Brooklyn and Minneapolis; active participation in labor Zionist organizations including editing "Jewish Frontier"; visiting Israel and Europe in 1938; speaking publicly in the United States about the Nazi danger; induction into the Army in 1943; one year's training in Mississippi; landing in Marseille in December 1944; moving through France into Germany; encountering a train of prisoners who had been headed for Dachau; visiting Buchenwald in May 1945; talking to survivors about emigrating to Palestine; visiting Dachau; working with Jewish leaders to foster emigration to Palestine; speaking to refugees in Zeilsheim; and viewing the Nuremberg war crime trial for one day. Mr. G. discusses the resilience of survivors and his belief that Israel is essential to Jewish survival.
Extent and Medium
2 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.
Rules and Conventions
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- G., Nathan, -- 1913-
Corporate Bodies
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Postwar experiences.
- Refugee camps.
- Zionist activities.
- War crime trials -- Germany.
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremburg, Germany, 1945-1946.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Video tapes.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat