- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Izzi S., who was born in Łódź, Poland in 1922. He recalls attending public school; working as a tailor with his brothers; German occupation; working at a munitions factory; his father's death from starvation in May 1942; deportation with his brother; their escape from the train; returning to the ghetto; his brother's death from starvation in 1943; deportation to Auschwitz; separation from his mother upon their arrival; transfer to Gleiwitz with his older brother; working as a nurse in the infirmary with assistance from two Jewish prisoner-doctors; sharing extra food with his brother and cousin; their transfer to Blechhammer in January 1945; kinder treatment from one German officer; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. S. recounts walking to Częstochowa; traveling to Łódź; living in Feldafing displaced persons camp, then Paris; emigrating to Palestine in 1947; returning to Paris in 1949; and emigrating to the United States in 1950. He discusses the importance of luck to his survival.
- Author/Creator
- S., Izzi, 1922-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1994
- Interview Date
- March 1, 1994.
- Locale
- Poland
Łódź
Łódź (Poland)
Częstochowa (Poland)
Paris (France)
Palestine
- Cite As
- Izzi S. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2950). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Blinderman, Joni-Sue, interviewer.
