Overview
- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Paul C., who was born in Częstochowa, Poland in 1917 and raised in Kłobuck. He discusses prewar antisemitism; participating in Zionist activites; increasing antisemitism resulting in the decline of his parents' business; German occupation; forced labor as a painter, which gave him special privileges; ghettoization; his marriage in 1941; deportations, including his father and niece; and transport to Blechhammer with his wife. Mr. C. recounts changing names with a friend so he could remain near his wife; experiences in Gräditz and Reichenbach; working while one person recited the Yom Kippur prayers; assistance from people living near one camp; passing messages between camps; and liberation by Soviets troops in May 1945. He recounts his brief return to Poland; emigrating to Germany; accompanying a children's transport to Israel and returning to Germany; and emigration to the United States in 1949.
- Published
- Cleveland, Ohio : National Council of Jewish Women, Holocaust Archive Project, 1984
- Interview Date
- November 14, 1984.
- Locale
- Poland
Kłobuck
Częstochowa (Poland)
Kłobuck (Poland) - Cite As
- Paul C. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-507). 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., 9 min.) : col
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects (Local Yale)
- Antisemitism Prewar.
Postwar experiences.
Aid by non-Jews.
Zionist organizations.
Mutual aid.
Marriage in Jewish ghettos. - Subjects
- Holocaust survivors. Video tapes. Men. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. Concentration camp inmates--Religious life. Families. Forced labor. Jewish ghettos. Weddings. Jews--Poland--Kłobuck. Poland. Częstochowa (Poland) Kłobuck (Poland) Oral histories (document genres) C., Paul,--1917- Blechhammer E/3 (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/1058022
- Record last modified:
- 2018-05-30 11:44:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt1058022
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