Max L. Holocaust testimony
Abstract
Videotape testimony of Max L., who was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1921, the younger of two children. He recounts attending public and Hebrew schools; antisemitic harassment; participating in a Jewish scout group; anti-Jewish boycotts and restrictions; his bar mitzvah in 1934, the last time his extended family was together; his sister's emigration to the United States in 1936; his emigration in 1937; his parents' arrival in 1938; military draft in 1942; training as a dental technician; marriage; and the births of two children. Mr. L. discusses planning a ten-day visit to Germany in 1987; leaving after two days due to painful memories; and the loss of most of his extended family in the Holocaust.
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette
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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
- L., Max, -- 1921-
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Bar mitzvah.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jews -- Migration.
- Child survivors.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Video tapes.
- Men.
- Postwar effects.
- Postwar experiences.
- Antisemitism -- Prewar.
Places
- Wuppertal (Germany)
- Germany.
Genre
- Oral histories. -- aat