Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Jacob G., who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1924. He recalls antisemitic incidents beginning in 1938; anti-Jewish measures in 1940; forced labor in Mokotów in 1941; ghettoization; hiding with his family during round-ups; being caught with his brother on the street; their deportation to Lublin (Lipowa 7); separation from his brother upon transfer to Majdanek (he never saw him again); slave labor building barracks; transfer to Birkenau in 1943; pointless slave labor; encountering his other brother there and learning that his family had been deported (he never saw them again); transfers to Oranienburg, Ohrdruf, Dora, Sachsenhausen, and Flossenbürg; the death march to Dachau; and liberation by United States troops. Mr. G. recounts traveling with friends to Feldafing in May 1945, then to Frankfurt in June; marriage in 1946; the births of two daughters; and emigration with his family to the United States in 1952. He discusses details of ghetto and camp life, and illnesses resulting from those years.
- Published
- Houston, Tex. : Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston, 1992
- Interview Date
- April 30, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw (Poland)
Mokotów (Warsaw, Poland)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) - Cite As
- Jacob G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2299). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (1 hr., 53 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Child survivors.
Hiding.
Postwar experiences.
Postwar effects. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Poland--Warsaw. Forced labor. Brothers. Death marches. Poland. Warsaw (Poland) Mokotów (Warsaw, Poland) Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. G., Jacob,--1924- Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) Majdanek (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Dora (Concentration camp) Dachau (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/4287263
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:26:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt4287263
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