- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Solomon R., who was born in Komarov, Poland (presently Ukraine) in 1920. He recalls moving to Łódź when he was seven; working from age twelve onward; German invasion; attempting to reach Warsaw; capture by Germans; train transport to Germany, then back to Poland two weeks later; forced labor in Kraków; being released; returning to Łódź; ghettoization; frequent shootings; difficulty obtaining food; volunteering for forced labor in Germany so his family would receive compensation; working in Frankfurt an-der-Oder from December 1940 onward; transfer to a factory near Berlin; the factory foreman's efforts to obtain more food for the workers; transport to Birkenau, Auschwitz, then the I.G. Farben factory in Monowitz; participating in boxing matches with other prisoners, which saved his life and allowed him to help other prisoners; weekly selections from which he saved two boys (he met one in the United States); the death march in January 1945 to Gleiwitz; hiding to escape further deportation; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. R. describes returning to Łódź; fleeing to Germany; living in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage in Feldafing; and emigration to the United States in 1949.
- Author/Creator
- R., Solomon, 1920-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1992
- Interview Date
- November 8, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Kraków (Poland)
Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany)
Gleiwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
Komarov (Ukraine)
- Cite As
- Solomon R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2435). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Needle, Susan W., interviewer.
Zerivitz, Mitzi, interviewer.
