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David D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-2477) interviewed by Rivie Zeiler,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-2477

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of David D., who was born in Olkusz, Poland in 1920. He recalls German invasion in 1939; anti-Jewish measures; volunteering to meet his family's labor quota; deportation to Geppersdorf; building the Reichsautobahn for over a year; transfer to Brande where he found his brother; transfer to an I.G. Farben camp where his brother died; transfer to Markstädt, where an engineer provided extra food; working in an ammunition factory in Sudetenland, then another camp where civilian workers provided extra food; and liberation by Soviet troops. Mr. D. recounts the arrival of women from another camp; Soviet officers preventing soldiers from molesting the women; fleeing to Prague, then Regen, Germany; meeting his future wife; marriage; emigrating to the United States in 1946; and assistance from HIAS.
Author/Creator: D., David, 1920-
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1992
Interview Date: October 16, 1992.
Locale: Poland
Olkusz (Poland)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Regen (Germany)
Cite As: David D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2477). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Zeiler, Rivie, interviewer.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Postwar experiences.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Subjects: Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Brothers. Poland. Olkusz (Poland) Prague (Czech Republic) Regen (Germany) Oral histories (document genres) D., David,--1920- Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Markstädt (Concentration camp) HIAS (Agency)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1096668
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:27:00
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