Walter S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Walter S., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923. He recalls his family's affluence; their immersion in cultural activities; increasing Nazi influence leading to his expulsion from Boy Scouts; joining a Zionist youth group which provided positive experiences; the Anschluss; he and his mother visiting every embassy, hoping to emigrate; his sister moving to England in fall 1938; being stripped of all rights by the Nuremberg laws; hiding in his maternal grandmother's villa during Kristallnacht; his arrest in a round-up; his father obtaining his release through the Nazi manager of his business; sailing for the United States on the Queen Mary from England with his parents and sister; other relatives joining them; and enlisting in the United States Navy. Mr. S. notes his father's five sisters and their families were all killed. He shows documents.
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
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Walter, -- 1923-
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish.
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Nuremberg laws.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Child survivors.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Zionists.
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
Places
- Austria -- History -- Anschluss, 1938.
- Austria.
- Vienna (Austria)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat