Egon K. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3395
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Egon K., who was born in Rathenow, Germany in 1918, the youngest of three sons. He recounts attending school; his father's prominent position in the Jewish community; anti-Jewish boycotts starting in 1933; training as an optician; anti-Jewish curriculum; the Nuremberg laws prohibiting him from taking his certification exam; his father's beating and arrest on Kristallnacht; fleeing to an aunt's home in Berlin; his middle brother's emigration to Palestine; his older brother's death from illness in 1939; emigration to Shanghai; organizing a Zionist youth group; deteriorating conditions after Pearl Harbor; working at a leather factory; the arrival of United States forces; emigration to Seattle in 1948, then to Tel Aviv in 1949; reunion with his brother; marriage; the births of two children; returning to West Germany; his wife's and brother's deaths in 1986; and visits to Rathenow. Mr. K. notes his parents were deported and never returned.

Extent and Medium

3 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

  • K., Egon, -- 1918-

Subjects

  • Crystal Night, 1938.
  • Postwar experiences.
  • Antisemitism -- Prewar.
  • Nuremberg laws.
  • Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Zionists.
  • Child survivors.
  • Jews -- Migrations.
  • Jewish refugees.
  • Holocaust survivors.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
  • Men.
  • Video tapes.

Places

  • Rathenow (Germany)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Germany.
  • Seattle (Wash.)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Tel Aviv (Israel)

Genre

  • Oral histories. -- aat
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