Serge H. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3053
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Serge H., who was born in Ti?rgu Ocna, Romania in 1928, one of two children. He recounts moving to Podu Iloaiei in 1931, then Ias?i in 1936; antisemitic harassment in school; having his bar mitzvah in their apartment during a violent round-up on June 28, 1941; not being included in the round-up due to the configuration of their housing complex; resuming "normal" life; his father retaining his business through "partnerships" with non-Jews; forced labor digging trenches; his mother's injury during Allied bombings; liberation by Soviet troops in August 1944; moving to Bucharest in October; resuming his education; resisting antisemitic harassment; working in a pharmacy; increasing influence of the Soviet Union; smuggling himself to Budapest via Arad in October 1947, then to Paris via many locations including Vienna and Milan; emigration to Havana in September 1948, then to Canada in September 1949, where his parents and sister eventually joined him.

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

  • H., Serge, -- 1928-

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors.
  • Video tapes.
  • Men.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Postwar.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Forced labor.
  • Bar mitzvah.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Child survivors.

Places

  • Romania.
  • Podu Iloaiei (Romania)
  • Tîrgu Ocna (Romania)
  • Bucharest (Romania)
  • IasĚŚi (Romania)
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Arad (Romania)
  • Milan (Italy)
  • Budapest (Hungary)
  • Havana (Cuba)
  • Paris (France)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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