Jack A. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jack A., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1927. He recalls a secure family life; changes after the Nuremberg laws, including violent harassment; deportation of Polish Jews in October 1938, including many relatives; one brother's emigration to Palestine in November 1938; burning of synagogues and destruction of his father's store on Kristallnacht; his parents putting him and a brother on a train to the Netherlands; being stopped at the border in Emmerich; assistance from local nuns; traveling to the Netherlands; living in a children's home in Arnhem; arrival of his parents and youngest brother in April 1939; his father's emigration to the United States; and joining him with his mother and brothers in February 1940. Mr. A. discusses their inability to obtain visas for relatives in Europe, most of whom were deported and killed.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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People
- A., Jack, -- 1927-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- Aid by non-Jews.
- Nuremberg laws.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Orphanages -- Netherlands.
- Brothers.
- Child survivors.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Jewish refugees.
- Citizenship -- Germany.
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
Places
- Germany.
- Cologne (Germany)
- Emmerich (Germany)
- Arnhem (Netherlands)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat