Testimonies

The Tauber Holocaust Library oral history archive consists of over 2,000 audio and video testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. 

Gary describes the challenges faced by some of the newcomers to Shanghai, as well as...
Eva discusses the living conditions in Shanghai....
Joseph describes his new home in Shanghai. Charitable committees in Shanghai made living spaces available...
Irmgard describes her excitement about leaving Germany to meet a Shanghai-bound ship in Italy....
George describes his experience carrying contraband materials via train to Berlin. These leaflets were to...
Knud describes the efforts of the Danish community to hide its Jewish citizens from the...
Peter describes Hans’s arrival at his home....
Shiro describes the scene he witnessed outside of Dachau....
Mae discusses how the camps were explained to her before she went in, and the...
Floyd describes the impact of hate and prejudice, as well the strength he witnessed in...
Kenneth describes his emotional reaction to the things he witnessed in the camps....
Hans describes his experience of hiding with a Dutch family....
Jacob describes the days of the first pogrom in the Polish town of Ludmir....
Paul tells how he went into hiding with help from the Jewish Underground....
Max and Herman grew up in the same town and and survived the Holocaust together....
Gloria talks about her memories of being rescued and liberated at the end of the...
Oskar tells his stories with remarkable details. In this excerpt he describes one of the...
Helen describes the daily challenges of living in a concentration camp and the effects it...

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