Kurt L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Kurt L., who was born in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1910. He recalls his father's prosperous cattle business; attending law school; Hitler's ascent to power; antisemitic laws prohibiting him from practicing law; studying in Basel; an unsuccessful attempt to establish a business in Casablanca; living in Paris and Brussels; returning to Germany; obtaining a ten-day visa to visit the United States; traveling to New York; spending three months in Havana obtaining documents to return to the United States; his parents' visit in 1937; their return to Germany, not liking the U.S.; his girlfriend joining him and their marriage in 1938; getting his parents to England after his father's arrest on Kristallnacht, then to the U.S. in 1941; and his successful career. Mr. L. discusses many relatives who were killed by the Nazis.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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
- L., Kurt, -- 1910-
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Wiesbaden (Germany)
- Germany.
- Paris (France)
- Basel (Switzerland)
- Havana (Cuba)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Casablanca (Morocco)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat