Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jacob O., who was born in Sławków, Poland in 1921. He recalls growing up in an assimilated family; German invasion; mass killings; fleeing to Olsztyn with his family; returning to Sławków; ghettoization; forced labor; his brother volunteering to replace a young father for deportation in January 1940 (he was killed in a camp); arranging a hiding place for his parents with help from a non-Jewish friend; escaping with his family to Strzemieszyce; forced labor in Sagan; his sister arranging a privileged job in the kitchen for him with help from a German; working as a Blockältester's secretary in Kittlitztreben; death marches to Buchenwald and Flossenbürg in February 1945; transfer to Dachau; and liberation by United States troops in April 1945. Mr. O. describes recovering in a hospital; living in Neufreimann; returning to Sławków; finding his sisters in Bohemia; traveling to Munich with them; attending an UNRRA school for displaced persons; marriage in 1949; emigration to the United States; and founding a successful business. He discusses the importance of being with his sister in Sagan and identifying a war criminal and testifying at his trial.
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1989
- Interview Date
- April 30, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Sławków
Sławków (Poland)
Olsztyn (Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland)
Strzemieszyce Wielkie (Poland)
Munich (Germany) - Cite As
- Jacob O. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1189). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 47 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Mass killings.
Aid by non-Jews.
Mutual aid.
Postwar experiences. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Sławków. Forced labor. Brothers and sisters. War crime trials. Poland. Sławków (Poland) Olsztyn (Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland) Strzemieszyce Wielkie (Poland) Munich (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Jewish councils. Death marches. Refugee camps. O., Jacob,--1921- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Neu Freimann (Displaced persons camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (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/1100284
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1100284
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