- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Abraham B., who was born in Moscow, Russia in 1906. He recalls arrest in 1925 due to his leadership of Hashomer Hatzair; being condemned to death; transport to Odesa; exile to Palestine with his mother and sister (his mother had arranged it); working in Haifa, ʻAfulah, and Zikhron Yaʻaḳov for two years; admission to engineering school in Paris; arriving in Marseille in 1928; studying in Toulouse; graduation; working in a coal mine, a hotel, and for a Swiss company in Paris; dismissal due to the depression; working as a salesman; establishing a lucrative textile company; marriage; his son's birth; German invasion; escaping to Lyon; living in Arpajon; working in Bordeaux; moving to Toulouse; unsuccessfully trying to enter Spain; escaping execution with help from locals; traveling to Paris, then Marseille; leaving on a ship for Martinique with his wife and son; interdiction by Germans; embarkation in Casablanca; contacting friends in Paris and the Jewish Agency; release; and traveling to the United States on a boat purchased by a friend. Mr. B. notes his belief that God saved him and his family, thus becoming a more observant Jew.
- Author/Creator
- B., Abraham, 1906-
- Published
- Peabody, Mass. : Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 1992
- Interview Date
- April 15, 1992.
- Locale
- Moscow (Russia)
Russia
Odesa (Ukraine)
Palestine
Haifa (Israel)
ʻAfulah (Israel)
Zikhron Yaʻaḳov (Israel)
Marseille (France)
Toulouse (France)
Paris (France)
Lyon (France)
Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Arpajon (France)
Casablanca (Morocco)
- Cite As
- Abraham B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2277). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cohen, Steven Paul, interviewer.
Lederman, Natalie, interviewer.
