Ludwig B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2303) [videorecording] / interviewed by Steve Lang and Ann Estus, November 10, 1992.

Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1992.

1 videorecording (2 hr., 3 min.) : col.

English

Associated material: Brand, Ludwig. Interview 55049. Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation. Access at https://vha.usc.edu.

Videotape testimony of Ludwig B., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1933. He recounts his father's cattle-hide export business; his family moving to Kraków shortly after his birth due to antisemitism; his father's business trip to the United States in 1939, from which he could not return when Germany invaded Poland; his sister's arrest for falsifying documents (they later learned she perished in Auschwitz); ghettoization; round-ups; escaping with his mother; hiding with fifteen relatives in a warehouse attic with assistance from the Polish caretaker; fear of discovery; a pregnant woman having to obtain an abortion; and Soviet liberation. Mr. B. recalls attempting to retrieve family property; attending school as a non-Jew due to antisemitism; learning his father had divorced his mother; joining his father in the United States; attending college; serving in the Coast Guard; marriage; joining his father's business; bringing his mother to the United States; and her eventual emigration to Vienna, Austria. He discusses at length his business ventures and experiences in the United States.

June 01, 2002

Ludwig B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2303). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Ludwig B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2303). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

Oral histories (document genres)