- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Morris R. who was born in Częstochowa, Poland in 1922 and grew up in Dąbrowa Górnicza. He recalls traditional family life; attending public school and cheder; Jewish scout activities; German invasion; attempting to reach Warsaw with his older brother; returning home upon learning that the Germans were everywhere; anti-Jewish restrictions; imposition of forced labor on the Jewish community through a Judenrat; his sister's deportation to Grünberg; ghettoization in 1942; and his family's deportation in August. Mr. R. recounts receiving food from a Gestapo chief for repairing his house; transfer to Annaberg, then Grünberg; seeing his sister; receiving extra food which he gave to female prisoners; transfer to Kretschamberg in February 1944; reaching "the end of his rope" due to hard labor and starvation; reassignment which provided more food; learning of the liquidation of Dąbrowa and that two brothers were in Auschwitz; a forced march to Buchenwald in March 1945; seeing piles of corpses, dying people, and cannibalism; a forced march through Weimar to Terezín; and liberation by Soviet troops. He describes travelling in Czechoslovakia seeking family; six months in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg; reunion with his siblings; and emigration to the United States in 1949.
- Author/Creator
- R., Morris, 1922-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1989.
- Locale
- Poland
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Częstochowa (Poland)
Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland)
- Cite As
- Morris R. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1342). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Blanco, Beth, interviewer.
Fishbein, Irvin, interviewer.
