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David B. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1165) interviewed by Jeanette Peckerman and Betty Chrustowski,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1165

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David B., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1919. He recalls pervasive antisemitism; belonging to the Zionist organization Gordonyah; German invasion; deportation for forced labor three weeks later; escaping from a train in 1940; returning home; transfer with his family to Kielce; ghettoization; deportation of most of his family to Treblinka; forced labor with his brother in Ludwikow; a German foreman who saved many Jews; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his brother and a later reunion; transfer with his brother two weeks later; bombings at Klinkerwerk; a death march from Sachsenhausen; desertion by their guards; joining a group of United States POWs; living in Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp; marriage in 1947; and emigration to the United States in 1950. Mr. B. notes he was in many camps and memories that haunt him despite his efforts to forget.
Author/Creator: B., David, 1919-
Published: Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1987
Interview Date: November 23, 1987.
Locale: Poland
Kielce
Germany
Łódź (Poland)
Kielce (Poland)
Cite As: David B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1165). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Peckerman, Jeanette, interviewer.
Chrustowski, Betty, interviewer.

Physical Details

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

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Antisemitism Prewar.
Aid by non-Jews.
Postwar experiences.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Kielce. Escapes. Refugee camps. Brothers. Death marches. Prisoners of war--Germany. Poland. Łódź (Poland) Kielce (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) B., David,--1919- Gordonyah--Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen.

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/4283415
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:31:00
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