- Summary
- Videotape testimony of David K., who was born in Praszka, Poland in 1921 and moved to Wieluń at age seven. He recalls his oldest brother's emigration to Palestine; German bombing of their home; fleeing to Piotrków Trybunalski, then Radom; Germans burning Jewish books and scrolls in Bełchatów; returning home; forced labor clearing bombing rubble; deportation to Poznań; slave labor building roads in Loebau, Żabikowo, and Kreising for Organization Todt; transfer to Kreuzsee, then Eberswalde; slave labor in a munitions factory; assistance from one German guard; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau; finding a cousin; assignment to Rajsko, then Buna-Monowitz, working for I.G. Farben; Allied bombings in summer 1944; public hanging in October of three prisoners who had organized an underground; transfer in January 1945 to Oranienburg, then Flossenbürg; a death march to Dachau; liberation by United States troops April 29; returning home; a non-Jewish friend returning family possessions (he continues to stay in touch with her); reunion with his brother who had been in Palestine; living with relatives in Switzerland; emigration to Israel; marriage; living in Switzerland and Ulm; and emigration to the United States. Mr. K. discusses surviving due to luck; a trip with his sons to his hometown; nightmares; and difficulty expressing his feelings in words.
- Author/Creator
- K., David, 1921-
- Published
- Union, N.J. : Kean College Oral Testimonies Project, 1987
- Interview Date
- March 9, 1987.
- Locale
- Poland
Praszka (Poland)
Wieluń (Łódź, Poland)
Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland)
Radom (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
Bełchatów (Poland)
Poznań (Poland)
Ulm (Germany)
Israel
Switzerland
- Cite As
- David K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-847). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Kind, Bonnie, interviewer.
Weinstein, Bernard, interviewer.
