Rudolf F. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Rudolf F., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1923. He recalls several generations of his family in Holland; German invasion; gradual implementation of anti-Jewish laws, including his expulsion from medical school; working in the Jewish hospital; the role of the Jewish council; forced relocation of Jews to south Amsterdam; frequent round-ups; incarceration with other Jews at Gestapo headquarters; his father's arrest and deportation (he perished); his sister hiding with her fiance with help from the underground; hiding elsewhere with his mother; deportation of the remaining Jews; and hearing from his sister they could join her in a castle in North Brabant. He recounts traveling to Veghel with help from the castle's owner in May 1943; hiding in the woods when warned of round-ups; the local mayor helping his sister's fiance; liberation in September 1944; joining French and British forces until Amsterdam was liberated; completing medical school; his mother's remarriage; and his emigration to the United States.

2 videocassettes