Hal L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Hal L., who was born in Wanne-Eickel, Germany in 1923. He recalls his traditional and strict upbringing; his father's medical practice; non-Jewish friends; anti-Semitic incidents in school; expulsion of Jewish students in 1936; attending Jewish high school in Cologne, where he lived with an aunt; and emigrating alone to the United States in 1937. Mr. L. recounts living with a Jewish family in Washington, D.C.; corresponding with his family; their arrival in 1939; assistance from the Baron de Hirsch Fund to purchase a chicken farm in Woodbine, New Jersey; his father's move to New York, then Jerusalem; visiting his father frequently in Israel; and the fate of other family members. He reflects upon the loss of his childhood; discussing prejudice with his grandsons; and a reunion in Aachen he and his wife attended.
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
- L., Hal, -- 1923-
Subjects
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Video tapes.
- Postwar experiences.
Places
- Wanne-Eickel (Germany)
- Germany.
- Cologne (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat