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Pinchas H. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1760) interviewed by Devorah Mann,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1760

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Pinchas H., who was born in Kisvárda, Hungary in 1924. He recalls living in Vác and Kisvárda; working in Budapest; German occupation in 1944; returning to Kisvárda; ghettoization; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; assignment with his father and brother to the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy Lager); transfer with his brother to Buchenwald, then to Tröglitz; slave labor; Allied bombings; his brother's hospitalization; their transfer to Berga, then Buchenwald; his transfer to Ohrdruf; public hangings; hospitalization; transfer to Crawinkel, then back to Ohrdruf; transfer to Buchenwald; learning of his brother's evacuation (he never saw him again); deciding to commit suicide; assistance from people from Kisvárda which saved his life; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization; traveling to Budapest, then Kisvárda; support from the Joint; illegally traveling to Greece; British incarceration on Cyprus for illegally trying to enter Palestine; legally entering in December 1946; marriage; serving in the Israel-Arab and Sinai campaigns; and emigration with his family to the United States. Mr. H. discusses camp life, including religious observances and the impact of starvation; not expecting his children to understand his experiences; continuing painful memories; and believing it would take days and/or volumes to convey his experiences. He shows documents.
    Author/Creator
    H., Pinchas, 1924-
    Published
    New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1990
    Interview Date
    December 16, 1990.
    Locale
    Hungary
    Kisvárda
    Kisvárda (Hungary)
    Vác (Hungary)
    Budapest (Hungary)
    Palestine
    Cyprus
    Cite As
    Pinchas H. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1760). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    Mann, Devorah, interviewer.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Copies
    2 copies: 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
    Physical Description
    1 videorecording (2 hr., 36 min.)

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Mutual aid.
    Postwar experiences.
    Hospitals in concentration camps
    Postwar effects.
    Survivor-child relations.
    Subjects
    Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Hungary--Kisvárda. Fathers and sons. Brothers. Forced labor. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Concentration camps--Psychological aspects. Suicide. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Sinai Campaign, 1956. Kisvárda (Hungary) Hungary. Vác (Hungary) Budapest (Hungary) Palestine--Emigration and immigration. Cyprus. Oral histories (document genres) H., Pinchas,--1924- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Berga (Concentration camp) Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) Tröglitz (Concentration camp) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Crawinkel (Concentration camp)

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4317812
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:28:00
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