Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Avraham B., who was born in Hrubieszów, Poland in 1923. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; attending an ORT school; German invasion; his brother fleeing to the Soviet Union; the Judenrat organizing forced labor and deportation lists; hiding during round-ups; discovery; having to bury those killed in mass shootings; clearing former Jewish homes and sorting the goods; deportation with his sister and her husband to Budzyń in 1942; working as a locksmith; assistance from German civilian workers; transfer to Mielec, then to Wieliczka in 1944; separation from his sister; transfer to Flossenbürg, then Leitmeritz; sharing extra food received from Czech workers with his brother-in-law; transfer to Augsbürg, Dachau, and Landau; a death march to Trostberg; his brother-in-law's death; abandonment by the guards; assistance from local Germans; liberation by United States troops; non-Jewish Russian and Polish prisoners killing a cruel German foreman; returning to Hrubieszów; learning his sister and brother had been killed; meeting his future wife; antisemitic violence; their return to Trostberg; marriage; moving to Ulm and Marseille in preparation for emigration to Palestine; assistance from the Jewish Agency and UNRRA; emigration to Israel in 1948; the births of three children; and fighting in the Sinai and 1967 wars. Mr. B. notes his difficulty sharing painful memories.
- Published
- Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1992
- Interview Date
- March 5, 1992.
- Locale
- Poland
Hrubieszów (Poland)
Trostberg an der Alz (Germany)
Ulm (Germany)
Marseille (France) - Cite As
- Avraham B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-3335). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Notes
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This testimony is in Hebrew.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Copies
- 2 copies: 3/4 in. master; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
- Physical Description
- 1 videorecording (3 hr., 54 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Aid by non-Jews.
Antisemitism Postwar.
Postwar experiences.
Mutual aid.
Hiding.
Mass killings. - 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. Jewish councils. Brothers and sisters. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Revenge. Death marches. Sinai Campaign, 1956. Israel-Arab War, 1967. Poland. Hrubieszów (Poland) Trostberg an der Alz (Germany) Ulm (Germany) Marseille (France) Oral histories (document genres) B., Avraham,--1923- World ORT Union. Budzyn (Concentration camp) Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Wieliczka (Concentration camp) Litoměřice (Concentration camp) United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Jewish Agency for Palestine.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Special Collection
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
- Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4297443
- Record last modified:
- 2018-06-04 13:25:00
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