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• Author/Creator:R., John, 1917-
  
• Title:John R. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2076) [videorecording] / interviewed by Edith Bayme and Gabriel Gorenstein, November 18, 1991.
  
• Published/Created:New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1991.
  
• Physical Description:1 videorecording (43 min.) : col.
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:LSF-Physical copy for request by library staff only
    Staff Request for Use in Manuscripts and Archives
    
    
  • Call Number: MS 1322
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  •   Digital testimony (mssa.hvt.2076)
    For information on where you can view this digital testimony, click here.
    

   
• Notes:2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
  
• Summary:Videotape testimony of John R., who was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He recalls enlisting in the United States Army; moving from England through France to Germany; having no prior knowledge of concentration camps; arriving in Buchenwald shortly after its liberation; initial shock at the conditions; emaciated, lethargic prisoners; piles of corpses; several prisoners dying in front of him; the contrast between the prisoner and SS barracks; and taking pictures so he would not forget what he had seen. Mr. R. notes the lack of interest of those to whom he described his visit; ceasing to discuss the subject; and a recent visit to Germany.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:John R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2076). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
  
• Subjects:R., John, 1917-
  Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
  Video tapes.
  Men.
  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, American.
  United States--Armed Forces--Europe.
  
• Genre/Form:Oral histories (document genres)
  
• Also listed under:Bayme, Edith, interviewer.
  Gorenstein, Gabriel, interviewer.