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Henry F. Holocaust testimony (HVT-1332) interviewed by Barbara Dover and Barbara McPherson,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-1332

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    Summary
    Videotape testimony of Henry F., who was born in 1920 in Nowy Korczyn, Poland. He recalls his religious home; ubiquitous antisemitism; participating in Zionist organizations; German invasion; immediate round-up and shooting of 200 young men; public hangings; anti-Jewish regulations; forced transfer to the Sosnowiec ghetto in November 1942; deportation to Reigersfeld; slave labor, starvation, frequent beatings leading to many suicides; his decision to commit suicide after one year; and transfer to Auschwitz and Blechhammer, before he could implement his plan. Mr. F. describes encountering his brother which gave him the incentive to live; doing favors for and receiving food from a German foreman; public hangings; the death march to Gross Rosen in January 1945; transfer to Buchenwald; separation from his brother on arrival (he never saw him again); transfer to Spaichingen; marching out two weeks later; liberation by American troops; recuperation in an army hospital; assistance from the Joint; marriage in 1947; and emigration to the United States in 1949. He discusses his visits to Poland and the "scars he carries" including continuing nightmares.
    Author/Creator
    F., Henry, 1920-
    Published
    Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
    Interview Date
    Novermber 12, 1989.
    Locale
    Poland
    Sosnowiec (Województwo Śląskie)
    Nowy Korczyn (Poland)
    Cite As
    Henry F. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1332). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
    Other Authors/Editors
    McPherson, Barbara, 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., 51 min.) : col

    Keywords & Subjects

    Subjects (Local Yale)
    Antisemitism Prewar.
    Aid by non-Jews.
    Mass killings.
    Postwar effects.

    Administrative Notes

    Link to Yale University Library Catalog:
    http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1055909
    Record last modified:
    2018-06-04 13:31:00
    This page:
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