Manfred H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2134) [videorecording] / interviewed by David Herman and Henry M. Strage, May 13, 1992.

London, England : British Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1992.

1 videorecording (2 hr., 22 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Manfred H., who was born in Stettin, Germany (presently Szczecin, Poland) in 1934. He recalls attending a Jewish school; confiscation of his father's business in 1938; his father's arrest on Kristallnacht; his return after three months; receiving papers for three for Palestine; his father deciding they would stay so no one would be left behind; deportation of Jews from Stettin to Bełźyce in 1940; his brother's job in the Jewish police protecting them; hiding during round-ups; ghettoization; transfer with his parents and brother to Budzyń; slave labor in a Heinkel aircraft factory; public shootings and hangings of saboteurs; transfer to Mielec; aircraft work; a German civilian worker giving him extra food; transfer to Flossenbürg (his mother remained behind); slave labor in a Messerschmitt factory; a Red Cross visit; his brother's transport (he never saw him again); his father's death; train transport and a death march; abandonment by the guards; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; assistance from UNRRA; emigration to England; living in group homes and in Glasgow; learning his mother had survived; visiting her in Sweden in 1946; her death in 1947; assistance from a cousin in London; marriage in 1957; and raising two sons. Mr. H. discusses not sharing his experiences with his sons and being the sole survivor of a large family. He shows a document.

June 01, 2002

Manfred H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2134). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Manfred H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2134). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)