Erich H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1187) [videorecording] / interviewed by Anna Rosen and Kathy Strochlic, April 29, 1989.

New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989.

1 videorecording (1 hr., 36 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Heymann, Erich. Interview 7953. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Erich H., who was born in Essen, Germany in 1920. He recalls his family's move to Cologne in 1924, then to Rinteln; his family's strong German identity (they had been in Germany since the sixteenth century); his bar mitzvah in 1934; attending a trade school; working in Cologne; his father's refusal to emigrate; release from the draft because he was Jewish; Kristallnacht; receiving emigration documents from Bolivia in November 1939; departing from Cologne to Holland in February 1940; traveling to Panama, then Arica, Chile; living with his relatives in La Paz; and emigrating to the United States in May 1947. Mr. H. discusses receiving his father's last letter through German neighbors; learning his parents were deported to Minsk; trips to Germany in 1971 and 1985; sharing his experiences with his children; and continuing hostile feelings toward Germans and Germany.

June 01, 2002

Erich H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1187). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Erich H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1187). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

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