Paul K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Paul K., who was born in Bad Berleburg, Germany in 1928. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; antisemitic incidents in school; confiscation of his father's cattle business in 1935; arrests and destruction on Kristallnacht in November 1938; his father avoiding arrest because he was hospitalized; expulsion from school; traveling with his sisters on a children's transport to Belgium; living with relatives in Mechelen (Malines); attending school; briefly fleeing during German invasion in May 1940; returning to Mechelen; traveling with one sister and his cousin to Cologne; living in a Jewish orphanage; returning home; his father's forced labor; living in a Jewish orphanage in Frankfurt; traveling with his family to Stuttgart; reunion with his older sister; obtaining visas to the United States; briefly staying in Berlin; traveling by train to Lisbon in May 1941; assistance from HIAS; arrival in the United States; marriage in 1953; and his daughters' births. He discusses the deaths of many relatives in the Holocaust; sharing his experience with his daughters; and visiting his hometown. He shows photographs and documents.

2 videocassettes