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Georg P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1534)

Title
Georg P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1534) [videorecording] / interviewed by Bernard Weinstein and Marcia Weissberg, March 29, 1989.
Created
Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1989.
Physical Description
1 videorecording (46 min.) : col.
Language
English
Summary
Videotape testimony of Georg P., who was born in Rakovník, Czechoslovakia in 1921. He recounts attending high school; visiting Prague frequently; his family's desire to leave after the Munich agreement; arranging to attend New York University with assistance from his uncle in New York; obtaining a visa from German authorities in Prague in September 1939; emigration to the United States; and corresponding with his family until the United States entered the war in 1941. Mr. P. discusses learning from a cousin that his parents and sisters were killed in Auschwitz; receiving his sister's diary after the war; and sharing his experiences with his children.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Georg P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1534). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Cite as
Georg P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1534). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Genre/Form
Oral histories (document genres)
Citation

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