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Julius J. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2405) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2405

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Julius J., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1927. He describes German occupation; immediate anti-Jewish acts; his parents sending him and his sister to Warsaw thinking it would be safer; returning to Łódź due to homesickness; ghettoization; forced labor, starvation and round-ups; deportation of the sick, elderly, and children in 1942; hiding when the ghetto was liquidated in 1944; their capture; and deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau. Mr. J. recalls separation from all his family except his brother; forced labor; his brother's continuous efforts to save him; their transfer to several labor camps in Germany in late 1944; train transport in the spring of 1945 to several camps ending at Wöbbelin; and liberation by United States troops. He discusses his autobiographical book and reads his poetry.
Author/Creator: J., Julius, 1927-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
Interview Date: March 26, 1992.
Locale: Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland)
Cite As: Julius J. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2405). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zeiler, Rivie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 45 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Mutual aid.
Child survivors.
Hiding.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Poland--Łódź. Jewish ghettos. Forced labor. Brothers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) J., Julius,--1927- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1096663
Record last modified:: 2018-05-29 11:46:00
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