Frederick S. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 2044
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Frederick S., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1907. He recalls his family's financial instability; completing law school in 1931; supporting his mother after his father's death; arrest following the Anschluss in 1938; incarceration and receiving a severe beating; transfer to Dachau; his release after obtaining an English visa with assistance from his boss and the Quakers; traveling to England in March 1939; working for a committee helping Czech refugees; arranging for his mother and fiancee to join him; their emigration to the United States; marriage to his fiancee; military draft in 1943; assignment to Naples in March 1944; serving in Algiers and southern France; serving as an interpreter at trials of U.S. soldiers accused of crimes against German civilians; visiting Dachau after its liberation; reunion with his brother in Marseille; assignments in Heidelberg and Antwerp; returning to the United States; and studying to become a social worker. Mr. S. notes his three siblings survived and his hostility toward Austria. He shows photographs.

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., Frederick, -- 1907-

Corporate Bodies

  • Dachau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

  • Refugees, Jewish.
  • Quakers.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Aid by non-Jews.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
  • Jews -- Migrations.

Places

  • Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
  • Heidelberg (Germany)
  • Marseille (France)
  • Naples (Italy)
  • Algiers (Algeria)
  • Austria.
  • London (England)
  • Vienna (Austria)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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