Harry C. Holocaust testimony

Identifier
HVT 3982
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Abstract

Videotape testimony of Harry C., who was born in Narvik, Norway, to a British father and Danish mother. He recalls a stepbrother from his father's first marriage; German bombardment; incarceration in Grini for about nine months; his mother's parents bribing a high Nazi official to free them; their "escape" to Copenhagen, with assistance from the underground in both countries (he never saw his father again); being warned of German deportations in fall 1943; departing from Kastrup to Landskrona, Sweden on boats, an underground operation; living in Göteborg until the end of the war; returning to Narvik; moving to Copenhagen due to his mother's illness; his mother's remarriage; moving to Göteborg; his mother's wish that he live in Israel in order to marry a Jewish woman; living on a kibbutz; meeting his future wife, an American; their marriage in the United States in 1963; returning to Israel; and settling in the United States. Mr. C. notes learning that his father, grandfather, and three uncles were deported to Auschwitz together; his brother's death in 1977; his mother's death at age sixty-one; and his sons' lack of interest in his experiences.

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette

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

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