Gerhard B. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Gerhard B., a Romani. He recalls moving with his family from Silesia to the Sudentenland in 1937 or 1938; posing as non-Romanies (they dyed their hair red) as they performed in many places until 1942; arrest in Karlsbad in 1942; escaping to hide in Austria and Bavaria; and receiving assistance from German performers. Mr. B. describes fleeing from Nazi authorities with his sister and her baby, walking 400 kilometers during the night, hiding by day, and receiving help from many Czechs. He discusses his strong Romani identity; helpfulness of Jews to Romanies; conveying hostility to Hitler and Germans to his children; their unwillingness to serve in the German military which killed so many of their relatives; reluctance to have his children marry Germans; and refusing to have his testimony available in Germany.
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
- B., Gerhard.
Subjects
- Survivor-child relations.
- Aid by non-Romanies.
- Hiding.
- Romanies -- Ethnic identity.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Family.
- Romanies -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
- Romanies -- Nazi persecution -- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Romani.
Places
- Bavaria (Germany)
- Czechoslovakia.
- Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
- Austria.
- Karlsbad (Czech Republic)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat