Jerry W. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Jerry W., who was born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany in 1927. He recounts his mother's divorce and remarriage; living with his grandmother; his beloved dog's disappearance, then finding a box at his door with the dog's corpse and an antisemitic note; expulsion from school; attending a girls' convent school (he was the only boy); having to leave when officials learned he was there; attending a Jewish boarding school in Coburg; being forced to shine a German officer's shoes and carry books to a fire on Kristallnacht; emigration with his mother and stepfather to the United States via Hamburg in 1939; serving in the Navy for two years; marriage to a survivor; and the births of two daughters. Mr. W. discusses trips to Germany and recently learning his biological father was deported from Berlin and did not return. He shows photographs.
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
People
- W., Jerry, -- 1927-
Subjects
- Crystal Night, 1938.
- Child survivors.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- Men.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews -- Migrations.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Kristallnacht, 1938.
- Jewish refugees.
- Video tapes.
- Holocaust survivors.
Places
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Germany.
- Coburg (Germany)
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat