- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Pincus W., who was born in Wolbrom, Poland in 1916, one of six children. He recalls living in Sosnowiec; German invasion; returning to Wolbrom, then coming back to Sosnowiec; walking to work in Katowice every day; ghettoization in 1942; working outside the ghetto; overcrowding and hunger; deportation to Blechhammer, then Brelsau in 1943; recovering in its hospital for ten days; transfer to Auschwitz; frequent selections; transfer about six months later to Landsberg; assistance from a prisoner from his home town; an SS letting him go when he was caught smuggling food from the fields; a death march in 1945; escaping with a friend in Bavaria; liberation by United States troops; living in a village under their protection; traveling to Munich; learning three brothers had survived; reunion with them in Schwandorf; marriage in 1946; the birth of his children; and emigration to the United States in 1952. Mr. W. discusses caring for his parents in the ghetto; fear during selections; focusing only on hunger, but remaining optimistic, hoping the war would end soon; and not wanting to be Jewish after the war, but later changing his mind.
- Author/Creator
- W., Pincus, 1916-
- Published
- Milwaukee, Wis. : Generation After of Milwaukee, 1989
- Interview Date
- July 31, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie)
Wolbrom (Poland)
Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Katowice (Poland)
Bavaria (Germany)
Munich (Germany)
Schwandorf in Bayern (Germany)
- Cite As
- Pincus W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1419). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hoffman, Sanford, interviewer.
Jubelirer, Shelly, interviewer.
