Henry F. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3969
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

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.

Related Units of Description

  • Videotape testimony of Henry F., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1918, one of five children. In addition to information included in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-2442), Mr. F. recounts attending public school; joining Betar; his bar mitzvah; working in a munitions factory in 1933; his father's arrest and deportation in 1942 (he was killed in Sachsenhausen); being beaten so badly in Wulkow that his teeth were knocked out; transfer to Schnarchenreuth; liberation from Theresienstadt by Soviet troops; assaulting his fomer housekeeper's daughter (she had spit on his mother before their deportation); assistance from UNRRA: marriage to a survivor whom he met in Deggendorf; and his daughter's birth. Mr. F. notes he speaks in schools about his experiences. He shows documents, and his yellow star badge.

Rules and Conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Process Info

  • compiled by Staff of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

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