Henry S. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Henry S., who was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1924. He recalls his family's relative affluence; their strong German identity; antisemitic harassment in school; transferring to the Philanthropin, a Jewish school; his family applying to emigrate to the United States in summer 1938; his father's arrest on Kristallnacht and incarceration in Buchenwald; his release five weeks later providing he left the country; his emigration to England; Henry S.'s emigration with his mother and sister to the United States in February 1940 (his father preceded them); assistance from HIAS; and military service in North Africa and Italy. Mr. S. notes his father never recovered from his Buchenwald experience and leaving Germany impoverished.
Extent and Medium
2 videocassettes
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Process Info
compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
People
- S., Henry, -- 1924-
Corporate Bodies
- HIAS (Agency)
Subjects
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Child survivors.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Men.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Places
- Germany.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat