Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Israel G., who was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1928. He recalls childhood in an observant home; Soviet occupation; German invasion in 1941; fleeing with his family to Latvia; witnessing many killings in Daugavpils; returning to Kovno; observing blood-stained streets resulting from pogroms; ghettoization; frequent brutal killings and beatings; and deportation with his family in 1943 to Stutthof. He recounts parting from his mother; transport with his father and brother to Dachau; arduous work constructing cement bunkers; reassignment tending the soldiers' quarters; sharing extra food with his father and brother; the death march in April 1945 from which they were liberated; meeting General Eisenhower in Feldafing; marriage in 1953; emigration to the United States with his parents; and later sponsoring his brother. Mr. G. conveys many specific details of incidents in the ghetto and camps.
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
- Interview Date
- May 18, 1989.
- Locale
- Lithuania
Kaunas
Kaunas (Lithuania)
Daugavpils (Latvia) - Cite As
- Israel G. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1340). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
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., 1 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Soviet occupation.
Mutual aid.
Aid by non-Jews.
Child survivors. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Jews--Lithuania--Kaunas. Families. Brothers. Fathers and sons. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Lithuania. Kaunas (Lithuania) Daugavpils (Latvia) Oral histories (document genres) Refugee camps. Concentration camp inmates--Family relationships. Pogroms. G., Israel,--1928- Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969. Feldafing (Displaced persons camp) Dachau (Concentration camp)
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/1055915
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-29 11:58:00
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1055915
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