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Hershel P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1366) interviewed by Steve Barger and Murray Berger,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1366

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    Overview

    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Hershel P., who was born in Łuków, Poland in 1922. In addition to information in a previously recorded testimony (HVT-717), Mr. P. recounts a forced march to Siedlce, then Ostrołęka in 1939; release; returning to Łuków; traveling to Łosice with his sister and brother-in-law en route to Soviet-occupied territory; working as a Soviet policeman after the war; deserting in April 1945; traveling to Lublin; obtaining false papers from an official; and traveling west to Katowice, then Wrocław.
    Author/Creator
    P., Hershel, 1922-
    Published
    Dallas, Tex. : Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies, 1987
    Interview Date
    October 25, 1987.
    Locale
    Poland
    Łuków (Siedlce)
    Germany
    Munich
    Łuków (Lublin, Poland)
    Siedlce (Poland)
    Lublin (Poland)
    Wrocław (Poland)
    Katowice (Poland)
    Łosice (Poland)
    Ostrołęka (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland)
    Ostrów Mazowiecka (Poland)
    Brest (Belarus)
    Dęblin (Warsaw, Poland)
    Munich (Germany)
    Cite As
    Hershel P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1366). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Barger, Steve, interviewer.
    Berger, Murray,
    Notes
    Related material: Hershel P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-717), Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.

    Physical Details

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

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Mutual aid.
    Hiding.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Postwar experiences.
    Soviet occupation.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4295008
    Record last modified:
    2018-05-30 11:33:00
    This page:
    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/hvt4295008

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