Egon S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Egon S., who was born in Rheydt, Germany in 1924. He recalls attending Jewish elementary school, then a secular gymnasium; antisemitism; expulsion from school; commuting to a Jewish school in Du?sseldorf; his father's arrest during Kristallnacht; his release upon promising to leave Germany; his father's emigration to Cuba; traveling with his mother and sister to Cuba aboard the Saint Louis in May 1939; the Cuban government's refusal to allow any passengers to debark; returning to Europe; living in Brussels; receiving support from HIAS; joining his father in the United States in April 1940; entering the United States Army in 1943; fighting in Italy and Africa; serving in Austria interrogating Germans; learning about the Holocaust; and returning to the United States in 1946.
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
- S., Egon, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- Saint Louis (Ship)
- HIAS (Agency)
Subjects
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Austria.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Rheydt (Germany)
- DuĚsseldorf (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat