Nanu D. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Nanu D., who was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1928. He recalls his family's relative wealth; his father's death in 1933; generous uncles providing for him and his brother; being taken daily for forced farm labor outside Bucharest in summer 1943; clearing bombing rubble in Bucharest in the fall; bombing by Germans after Romania broke with Germany; liberation by Soviet troops; postwar antisemitism under the communists; emigration to the United States in 1961 (he left his mother and brother who died in 1970 and 1971 respectively); marriage; and visiting family graves in Romania with his wife in 1996. Mr. D. extensively discusses Romanian history and politics.
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
- D., Nanu, -- 1928-
Subjects
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Men.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Forced labor.
Places
- Romania.
- Bucharest (Romania)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat