Rudolf G. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1495) [videorecording] / interviewed by Nadine Weinstein and Norman Demick, May 2, 1990.

Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 34 min.) : col.

English

Videotape testimony of Rudolf G., who was born in Würzburg, Germany in 1912. He recalls attending Jewish and German schools; participating in anti-Nazi organizations; his brother's emigration to Czechoslovakia; being arrested in 1937 due to a letter from his brother critical of the Nazis; release after seven months in prison; escaping to Czechoslovakia with the help of socialist organizations; traveling through parts of Europe; secretly returning to Germany to obtain funds for emigration; departure for the United States on November 10, 1938; and learning about Kristallnacht while docked in England. Mr. G. recounts hearing from his family after their deportation to Terezín; returning to Germany in 1944 as a member of the United States Army; his emotional response upon returning to Würzburg; and learning his parents and brother had perished in concentration camps.

June 01, 2002

Rudolf G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1495). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Rudolf G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1495). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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