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Martin F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2560) interviewed by Joni-Sue Blinderman,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2560

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Martin F., who was born in Ulanów, Poland in 1921. He recounts his family's orthodoxy; his father's emigration to the United States; brief Soviet occupation; deportation to Belzec in spring 1940; slave labor digging ditches; release home six months later; deportation to Budzyń; slave labor in a Heinkel airplane factory; a public hanging; transfer to Rzeszów, Płaszów, then Flossenbürg with Heinkel co-workers; improved conditions after transfer to Colmar; transfer to Oranienburg, then Watenstedt with Heinkel co-workers; slave labor in a munitions factory; Allied bombings; transfer to Ravensbrück; receiving aid packages from the Joint; transfer to Ludwigslust; liberation by Canadian troops from a train transport in May 1945; traveling to Warsaw, Kraków, then Gliwice; traveling with the Jewish Brigade to Vienna, then Cremona in 1946; living in a displaced persons camp for over a year; receiving documents from the Red Cross; contact with his sister; emigration to the United States in March 1947; reunion with his father; marriage; and the births of two children. Mr. F. discusses details of camp life, including severe hardships; his mother and other sister being killed; and learning that he and his family had been issued United States visas in March 1939, but never received them.
    Author/Creator
    F., Martin, 1921-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1993
    Interview Date
    June 14, 1993.
    Locale
    Poland
    Ulanów (Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland)
    Warsaw (Poland)
    Kraków (Poland)
    Gliwice (Poland)
    Vienna (Austria)
    Cremona (Italy)
    Cite As
    Martin F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2560). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    3 copies: 3/4 in. dub; Betacam SP restoration master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 13 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Soviet occupation.
    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. Forced labor. Refugee camps. Poland. Ulanów (Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Kraków (Poland) Gliwice (Poland) Vienna (Austria) Cremona (Italy) Oral histories (document genres) F., Martin,--1921- Budzyn (Concentration camp) Belzec (Concentration camp) Ernst Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke. Płaszów (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Colmar (Concentration camp) Watenstedt (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Ludwigslust (Concentration camp) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4288060
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-29 11:47:00
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